CAFOD’s message follows the British man killed at the DusitD2 hotel complex on Tuesday in Nairobi being named as Luke Potter.

Militants set off explosions in the luxury hotel’s car park before they fired shots and stormed the hotel complex.

Islamic militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.

CAFOD’s Country Representative, Catherine Ogolla described the attacks as “horrifying and worrying”, but said communities must not become divided and instead must work for peace and social cohesion.

She explained: “What terrorists of any type want is to divide communities and sow violence, so all peoples must stand together for peace and unity in this time of trouble, sending the message out that any form of violent terror will not succeed; will not divide the Kenyan nation.”

Kenya’s president has confirmed all the armed terrorists involved in the attack have been “eliminated”.

In a televised address, Mr Kenyatta did not say how many attackers were involved but said more than 700 people were evacuated during the security operation.

He also urged Kenyans to “go back to work without fear”, insisting the East African country is safe for citizens and visitors.

Ogolla echoed the need to have hope for a better future and added: “The Kenyan people need a sustained commitment…

Those close to Asia Bibi say Pakistani security forces will not allow the mother to open a window in her hideout – in a location which remains a closely-guarded secret.

Ms Bibi is being kept under close watch and is prevented from leaving the country while the Supreme Court in Islamabad reviews its decision to free her – eight years after she was sentenced to death.

Currently living with her husband, Ashiq Masih, she longs to be reunited with her children – who have been taken to Canada for their own safety – friends say. They spoke on condition of anonymity.

Islamist extremists and members of right-wing religious parties have been demanding the public execution of Asia Bibi over claims she insulted the Islamic prophet Mohammad – something Ms Bibi denies.

She has been living in a hideout amid concerns of a threat to her safety.

Today at Prime Ministers Questions welcomed Gov Foreign Office statement on supporting persecuted Christians. Asked PM @theresa_may if Gov will now review position on Asia Bibi case and offer her Asylum so she can decide which safe destination she wants to go to. @aidtochurch pic.twitter.com/J0DGCDOGuN

— Rehman Chishti (@Rehman_Chishti) January 16, 2019

Ms Bibi was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death in 2010 following a row with two Muslim women over the shared use of a drinking water container.

It is believed Ms Bibi intends to…

Mr Mawarire, who organised what became nationwide anti-government protests in 2016 against mismanagement and then-president Robert Mugabe’s long stay in power, was clutching a Bible when police bundled him into their car.

“They are alleging that he incited violence through Twitter and other forms of social media in the central business district,” Mr Mawarire’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said.

There were widespread reports of violence as the country faced a third day of protests over what has become the world’s most expensive petrol.

This is Zimbabwe’s worst unrest since deadly post-election violence in August that saw six people killed.

Zimbabwe’s largest telecom company Econet sent text messages to customers saying it had been forced by the government to shut down internet service.

“The matter is beyond our control,” it said.

Other arrests were reported, with Nkululeko Sibanda, a spokesman for the main opposition MDC party, saying that “party leadership” had been detained.

“This is only deepening the political crisis in the country,” he said.

As President Emmerson Mnangagwa makes an extended overseas trip that will include a stop at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to plead for more foreign investment, former military commander and vice president Constantino Chiwenga, a hardliner, is in charge at home.

Eight people were killed on Monday when police and…

The government lost by 230 votes on Tuesday on Theresa May’s Brexit vision, with 118 Conservative MPs voting against their own leadership. Premier caught up with a few politicians to hear why they supported or rejected the deal and their predictions.

Dame Caroline Spelman, the Conservative MP for Meriden, voted in favour of the deal and said the defeat doesn’t mean the government has lost power completely: “The important thing is not to draw a simple conclusion from the way people voted last night because people voted against the deal for a whole variety of reasons…some want a second referendum, some want no Brexit at all, some want a Norway-style deal, some have leadership aspirations.

“Jeremy Corbyn gave a very big hint at the dispatch box that the thing that would make the deal more acceptable to the Labour party would be remaining in the customs union, so that will be something that will be being discussed.”

Stephen Timms, the Labour MP for East Ham voted against the deal and told Premier: “The honourable thing would be for the government to go – it clearly does not command the confidence of parliament. To be defeated on such a massive scale on the central issue it’s been dealing with is a huge vote of no confidence.”

Timms added there should be a general election, something Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for Labour in South Shields, also spoke to us about.

She said: “I absolutely welcome anything that may give us a Labour government…my belief is that the…

Crystal DiGregorio-Bassette has described weeping at a church altar one Easter Sunday – the moment she believed God convinced her to leave her decade-long pornography career behind.

The 34-year-old from upstate New York, told Fox News: “God removed the veil from my eyes, I started looking at the world differently.

“I noticed how much people were being hurt by the porn industry and I never really thought of it before that.”

DiGregorio-Bassette, who made her last adult film when she was 31, had been earning $30,000 per month and living in a mansion in Calfornia. After leaving the industry, she needed to declare bankruptcy.

She also explained how her past helps others share openly with her.

The mother-of-three, who has since become a Christian counsellor, added: “Anybody feels that they can come to me, and that’s what I like about it.

“They can talk to me openly and not have to worry about me judging them,”

DiGregorio-Bassette attends the Lighthouse Mexico Church of God – which is led by Pastor Ron Russell – which is in the town of Mexico.

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