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MCC urges Obama administration to avoid military might in central Africa


Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 26 May 2010 - 9:08am
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The United States Congress recently passed the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, opening the door for increased U.S.-supported military involvement in the region.

Written by Mary Stata

The United States Congress recently passed the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, opening the door for increased U.S.-supported military involvement in the region.

The bill, which is intended to stop the kidnapping and raping of civilians and the inscription of child soldiers by the rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), also includes critical development and justice initiatives that many nongovernment organizations support.

The Pastor, the Politician, and the Pursuit of Moral Leadership

Submitted by Joe Sawatzky on 26 March 2010 - 8:16pm
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Last week, COPE Parliamentary leader Rev. Mvume Dandala led a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma. Topping Dandala's list of allegations of failed leadership was Zuma's "repeated risky sexual behaviour, thus weakening the crucial fight against HIV/Aids and setting a poor example."

Opinion: Reconnecting Love and Nonviolence: A Response to Obama's Nobel Lecture

Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 26 December 2009 - 10:05am
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In his Nobel remarks of two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama called for "the continued expansion of our moral imagination" in the cause of building a lasting peace in the world. Obama's words themselves, however, exhibited no such imagination. On the contrary, they outlined again the exhausted dismissals of nonviolence as the way to pursue peace. Nowhere was this more evident than in his assessment of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that African American Nobel laureate in whose debt Obama places himself.

Written by Joe Sawatzky

Opinion: Questions Raised about Obama’s Just War Justification

Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 22 December 2009 - 12:09am
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On December 10, 2009, Barack Obama, the President of the United States, received the Nobel Peace Prize Award in Oslo, Norway. Obama received this award “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The nomination of Obama for a Nobel Peace Prize and its acceptance have been issues of much controversy due, in large part, for the short amount of time he has spent within the global political arena.

On December 10, 2009, Barack Obama, the President of the United States, received the Nobel Peace Prize Award in Oslo, Norway. Obama received this award “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The nomination of Obama for a Nobel Peace Prize and its acceptance have been issues of much controversy due, in large part, for the short amount of time he has spent within the global political arena.

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