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How to respond effectively to Africa's social, political, economic and technological problems?

Deeming reflection and analysis to be vital ingredients for lasting impact, the Africa Desk attempts to offer spaces for strategic reflection, dialogue and consultation.

Those availing themselves of this opportunity in 2002 were churches and NCCs facing particular difficulties, those in the process of switching to the Round Table funding mechanism (in Lesotho, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa), and two sub-regional fellowships (FECCLAHA and FOCCISA).

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The Greater Horn of Africa has been the scene of most of the longest civil conflicts in Africa. The WCC General Secretary’s visit to North and South Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Kenya (30 June -16 July 2002) served to highlight the urgent need for peace and reconciliation in this region.

In all the countries he visited, Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser met with political as well as church leaders; in Tanzania, he visited the UN International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda. A visit to Yirol in Southern Sudan was evidence of the WCC's long-standing commitment to a just resolution of the civil war and to a sustainable peace. (See WCC press releases of 28 June, and 8, 10, 15 and 22 July on this visit, and photos.)