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For immediate release - 14/02/2008
ECUMENICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE KENYAN CRISIS - PRESS BRIEFING
Ecumenical perspectives on the Kenyan crisisPRESS BRIEFING
Friday, 15 February at 10:30 Ecumenical Centre, Press Room (Salle I) 150 Route de Ferney, parking available.
With the Kofi Annan-led political mediation process entering a critical period, churches within and outside Kenya take stock of the experiences during a month of unrest and violence that killed nearly 1,000 people and obliged over 300,000 to flee their homes.
Speakers:
The Rev. Dr Mvumelwano Hamilton Dandala,the general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) with headquarters in Nairobi.
Ms Agnes R.M. Abuom,a member of the WCC central committee from the Anglican Church of Kenya (Nairobi).
Ms Eden Grace,a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) based in Kisumu, Kenya, one of the places where the worst violence took place.
Mr.Graham Gerald McGeoch, a member of the WCC central committee from theUnited Kingdom, was a member of an ecumenical international delegation which visited Kenya from 30 J anuary to 3 February 2008.
More information on the WCC ecumenical solidarity visit to Kenya http://overcomingviolence.org/index.php?id=5524
Additional information:Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 347 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
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