How Netanyahu and Hamas have worked hand-in-glove to undermine the peace process in the Middle East THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Israel’s genocidal bombing of Gaza continues with merciless impunity. Thousands of innocent children are being bombed in their homes, in hospitals and restaurants. Meanwhile, Western leaders, who spent most …
Read More »China, Ethiopia vow to promote peace, development in Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen here on Friday. China and Ethiopia are good brothers going through thick and thin, good friends …
Read More »Call for unity, peace in north Uganda dominates Catholic ordination
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Calls for peace and unity in the Northern Region including Karamoja dominated the ordination of priests and a deacon at Gulu Archdiocese Catholic Church in Gulu City. Four deacons and one seminarian from Gulu Archdiocese were on Saturday ordained priests and deacons respectively from Gulu …
Read More »Africa’s Russia-Ukraine peace mission
What can be achieved by a fact-finding mission of the `Africa six’ that is misrepresented as mediation? COMMENT | GILBERT M. KHADIAGALA | South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa led an initiative of six African heads of state to explore an end to the year-long Russia-Ukraine war. Announcement of the initiative followed his …
Read More »African delegation visits Russia to promote peace between Moscow, Kiev
St. Petersburg, Russia | Xinhua | An African delegation visited Russia on Saturday, pushing for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis so as to stop its negative impact on African countries. During a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, also member …
Read More »Which way for East African Regional Force in DRC?
How mismatch in the regional force’s objectives and expectations of the Congolese government may render the failure of peace mission COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Maj. Gen. Jeff Nyagah, the Kenyan Commander of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) has abruptly returned to Nairobi five months after landing in …
Read More »Brazil’s Lula advocates peaceful resolution of Ukraine crisis
Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | On his visit to Portugal, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that it is necessary to “choose a third way” to build peace for the conflict in Ukraine. “I don’t want to please anyone. I want to build a way to bring the …
Read More »UN envoy calls on Libyans to unite to achieve peace, stability
Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily on Friday called on Libyans to unite in order to achieve lasting peace, stability and prosperity. “On this occasion, I call upon all Libyans … to come together in a spirit of compromise for the …
Read More »UN holds interfaith moment of prayer for peace
United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The world body on Friday held an interfaith moment of prayer for peace at a special time on the spiritual calendar, when Christians are celebrating Easter, Jews are marking Passover, Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan, and Sikhs are celebrating Vaisakhi. In his opening …
Read More »Sport has power to foster peace, says IOC president Bach
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has emphasized the importance of sport and the Olympic Games in world peace ahead of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. In a video released on Wednesday, Bach stated that sport has the power to foster …
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