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Fleria Mukula, 65, has lived in Bungoma County in Western Kenya all her life. She felt she could bring more to her community and, while raising a family and running a farm, she became one of its leading voices on peace and conflict. In 2022 she was included in the…

Fleria Mukula, 65, has lived in Bungoma County in Western Kenya all her life. She felt she could bring more to her community and, while raising a family and running a farm, she became one of its leading voices on peace and conflict. In 2022 she was included in the Government of Kenya’s honours list, receiving the County Hero Award for her peacebuilding efforts.

With days to go before the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games, Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, praised Trinidad and Tobago for the work that has been done in preparation for the Games.

CAFODs much loved Westminster Diocese coordinator Tony Sheen is retiring after working for the Catholic international development charity for 17 years.Tonys energy and enthusiasm for tackling injustice and raising the plight of people all around the world has been infectious an...

"Our Network is needed more than ever before," a former MP and Minister of State at the Foreign Office told last weekends annual conference of the National Justice and Peace Network of England and Wales. In a talk entitled, Advocacy and Faith Action, Sir John Battle, an NJPN patron a...

The following tribute was delivered by the sons of Mike Clarke, Matthew and Andrew, at his funeral at Edmonton Parish in North London on 10 July 2023.Dad was aware of the pain of the world, and the nonsenses that can cause it, and he met it with a mischievous spirit, al...

On 6 July 2023, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (...)

Renewed calls for Catholics to prioritise ‘sustainability’

—D'une CEDEAO des Etats à une CEDEAO des peuples

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched its project supporting national early warning and response mechanisms on harnessing gender empowerment as a tool for human security.