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The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission assembled theologians, activists, practitioners and religious leaders for a consultation on interfaith dialogue and liberation from 22-24 October in Nairobi, Kenya.

PROCMURA (Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa), an ecumenical Christian organization that focuses on strengthening Christian-Muslim relations at all levels, dedicated a new central office and conference centre on 2 July in Nairobi, Kenya.

The African continent bears witness to the tragic consequences of the manipulation of religion to incite violence. Yet it is also the home of untold instances of the power of religious leaders and actors to exert a positive influence, said panellists at an international meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today.

To promote strong measures against climate change, the WCC and the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights organized a side event to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The WCC has strongly condemned the terror attack yesterday on the campus of Garissa University in North East Kenya. A statement issued on 3 April from the WCC headquarters in Geneva has expressed grave concern over the recent reports from Kenya with nearly 150 people massacred – including the guards protecting the campus – and almost 80 others left wounded by al-Shabaab extremists, who reportedly explicitly targeted Christian students on the basis of their faith.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha condenado con firmeza el ataque terrorista de ayer en el campus de la Universidad de Garissa, al noreste de Kenya. En una declaración emitida desde la sede del CMI el 3 de abril se expresó suma preocupación por los informes recientes de Kenya, que daban cuenta de unas 150 personas asesinadas –incluidos los guardias de protección del campus– y de otras 80 personas heridas por los extremistas de al-Shabaab, que presumiblemente eligieron como víctimas a estudiantes cristianos, en razón de su religión.