{"id":257287,"date":"2023-04-13T14:33:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/bishops-we-can-help-africa-resolve-conflicts?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-13T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:33:33","slug":"bishops-we-can-help-africa-resolve-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bishops-we-can-help-africa-resolve-conflicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishops: We can Help Africa Resolve Conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/56e6c55231e9af1\/600\/418\" alt=\"President of the Republic of Kenya\" \/><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=250329&amp;press_source=President of the Republic of Kenya\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The church wants to play a central role in the resolution of conflicts in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The instability in the region calls for escalated intervention for sustainable peace to be realised, they said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to stretch our focus so that we can co-exist as a community,&rdquo; said Elly Rob, the General Secretary of the African Pentecostal Mission Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that through stability, Africa stands to grow and move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Rob made the remarks on Thursday when he led a delegation of faith leaders in a meeting with President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ruto lauded the church for its effort in advancing justice, shaping public policy and promoting cohesion in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We appreciate your investment in social services and contribution in tackling climate change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The President observed that the Government will continue working with faith leaders for the prosperity of the continent.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of President of the Republic of Kenya.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/026d0e8ad4c3dbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/026d0e8ad4c3dbd\" alt=\"President of the Republic of Kenya\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/026d0e8ad4c3dbd\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church wants to play a central role in the resolution of conflicts in the Horn of Africa. The instability in the region calls for escalated intervention for sustainable peace to be realised, they said. &ldquo;We have to stretch our focus so that we can co-exist as a community,&rdquo; said Elly Rob, the General Secretary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-257287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bishops-we-can-help-africa-resolve-conflicts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}