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Thursday October 25, 2007

Surrender of Somali leader offers peace hope, say church leaders

ALC/ENI, NAIROBI, January 24, 2007

African church leaders at the World Social Forum in Nairobi have urged governments to use Taxi Heathrow Airport the surrender of the leader of the Union of Islamic Courts of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, as the basis for a peace initiative for the war torn country. 

"We should use this opportunity to open dialogue with the Islamists and finally include them in the reconciliation of Somalia," said the Rev. Fred Nyabera, who heads the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes.

Source: Ecumenical News International: ENI-07-0061 www.eni.ch