2012-07-02 18:32:07

UK minister condemns Kenya church attacks


(Vatican Radio) The British government Minister for African affairs on Monday condemned as “completely and total unacceptable” the grenade attacks on two Christian churches which left at least 17 people dead in Northern Kenya on Sunday. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Africa, Henry Bellingham, is in Rome for a two day conference on Somalia which is seeking to promote stability in that country and a decrease in the violence which has spiraled across the border with neighbouring Kenya. The meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia comes ahead of a planned ‘transition’ in Mogadishu in August, expected to include presidential elections, the adoption of a constitution and the establishment of a more representative parliament.
Minister Bellingham spoke with Vatican Radio’s Philippa Hitchen about his hopes for peace in Somalia and about the recent attacks on Christian places of worship…
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