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Pope urges end to ethnic hatred at open-air mass in South Sudan
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» JUBA - Pope Francis appealed Sunday to the people of South Sudan to lay down their "weapons of hatred" at an open-air mass on the final day of his pilgrimage to a country blighted by violence and poverty.
Pope meets victims of war on South Sudan peace pilgrimage
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» JUBA - Pope Francis on Saturday urged South Sudan's leaders to restore "dignity" to the millions of their countrymen affected by conflict, renewing a forceful appeal for peace in the strife-torn nation.
Pope Francis takes Africa peace mission to S.Sudan after DR Congo
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» KINSHASA - Pope Francis is due to wind up his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and arrive in South Sudan on Friday on a three-day visit to promote peace and reconciliation in a country still bearing the scars of civil war.
US defends Myanmar meeting
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 03/02/2023
» Inviting Myanmar to attend an upcoming regional military meeting in Bangkok, co-hosted by the United States, is not a sign of reconciliation with Washington, according to US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet.
Pope urges Congolese youth to build better future
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» KINSHASA: Pope Francis on Thursday urged tens of thousands of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo to work towards a better future and shun corruption in the deeply Catholic country, which is plagued by violence in its east.
Australia to oust monarch from banknotes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Australia will erase the British-based monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II's image on its A$5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said Thursday.
Pope visits conflict-ridden central Africa, first stop DR Congo
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis embarks on his fifth visit to Africa on Tuesday, flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the two violence-plagued nations.
Prawit manoeuvres for his political life
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 28/01/2023
» Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, in his capacity as leader of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), has rebranded the ruling party from being conservative right-winged to more liberal, using reconciliation and an end to colour-coded conflict discourse as a selling point.
Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors more than $2bn
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» OTTAWA - Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, its government has announced.
France, Germany firm ties as pressure grows over Ukraine arms
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» PARIS - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of their nations' postwar alliance, despite strains created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.