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Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania — was the third major strike in six weeks against the worldwide terror group that was headed by Osama bin Laden until his death last month. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also honoured the victims of the bombings during a visit to the American compound in Tanzania. She put flowers on a large rock just inside the main gate of the embassy, said a silent prayer and spoke with three Tanzanian employees who were at the embassy when it was bombed. The attacks in Tanzania and Kenya killed people. Most of the dead were Kenyans.
Thousands were wounded when a pickup truck rigged as a bomb exploded outside the four-story U. Within minutes, another bomb shattered the U. Kenyan woman arrested with Sh12m Cocaine. The Kenyan woman was nabbed on Saturday evening, soon after landing from Douala Cameroon. Mr Ndaru said the woman was being detained at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport police cells waiting to be arraigned in court on Monday. Is she a courier or the actual seller or distributor? Mr Ndaru who heads the police unit charged with the responsibility of fighting drug traffickers and drug trafficking cases countrywide said they had intensified security checks and screening at all entries and exits.
The suspects were enroute to Indonesia when they were arrested when they landed from Cameroon, police said. Lobito — At least 66 citizens from south Benguela province, who lost their vehicles whilst at the services of the state during the war, were refunded on Friday under the executive programme for the restitution of the destroyed cars. In the message, they stated that they did not think the government would have approved a programme to help citizens who lost their mobile means. On his hand, the governor of Benguela province, Armando da Cruz Neto, said that this process of restitution has laid the foundation for the increase of the capacity of transporting goods from the cities to the rural zones.
He advised the beneficiaries to preserve their vehicles in order for them to contribute to programmes of reconstruction and of combating poverty. Our loan guarantees have helped the airline to access affordable financing and build its fleet in order to provide expanded air service for Angola. The transaction is structured as an asset-backed finance lease in which Ex-Im Bank retains a first-priority security interest in the financed aircraft. The state-owned airline has operated flights both domestically and internationally and primarily serves the major cities of Angola and cities in Europe and South America.
In the early days, Mbekeani said, some countries will want to establish tariff and other barriers. He said barriers should be temporary, and while they are in place, countries should be strengthening their economies. In a speech to the summit Sunday, the leader of Swaziland, King Mswati III, expressed some of the misgivings of countries like his, with among the smallest populations and weakest economies in the zone. Mswati called for negotiations to proceed cautiously. President Jacob Zuma, in his address to the summit, said the zone will help neighbors work together to alleviate poverty and build industrial capacity.
Officials envision members lobbying together for aid and investment, presenting coherent and integrated plans. Plans for the zone include joint projects to improve roads and rail networks and power supply. Zuma said a first phase of negotiations on allowing the free movement of goods were expected to take three years under the framework he and other leaders signed Sunday. Future negotiations will tackle trade in services and other issues. He also commended planners for recognizing the need to build manufacturing capacity and infrastructure.
Multinationals can send their goods duty free across African borders if they set up factories — creating jobs for Africans — within the zone. Mbekeani says the rules, yet to be worked out, should allow non-African companies to set up a factory in the zone to assemble products that might rely on inputs from elsewhere. Mbekeani said it is hard to predict when the zone might resemble the European Union, with its single central bank and a currency used across borders.
He pointed out that the EU has been a work in progress since the s, and still encounters problems.
A new round began Sunday evening as was expected to stretch late into the night. SADC is trying to restore democracy in Madagascar, where a military-backed coup leader has held power since Plans for joint EAC axle load limits in trouble. Kenya has broken ranks with its East Africa Community counterparts over plans to adopt harmonised gross vehicle weight limits by August. In October , President Mwai Kibaki issued a directive reducing the number of axles allowed on Kenyan roads from four to three, lowering the limit of the gross weight of a truck to 48 tonnes.
Now Kenya says it can only go up to Burundi and Rwanda both have an axle load limits of 53 tonnes while Uganda and Tanzania have theirs at 56 tonnes. The variance could frustrate efforts towards integration. Article 90 of the EAC Treaty provides for the adoption of common axle-load to facilitate transit transport in the region, which is a key pillar of integration. Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi have harmonised their axle-load limits in line with those of Comesa, while Tanzania has harmonised its axle-load limits in line with the Southern Africa Development Community countries.
Also, that transit time for vehicles carrying goods from one partner state to the other will reduce by an hour. In most East and Southern Africa countries, enforcement is hampered by the lack of harmonised rules on axle load limits and vehicle specifications. Also to blame for poor enforcement of the rules and regulations is the fact that most implementing authorities are ill-equipped for their work. On the other hand, corruption among public officials manning weighbridges has led to a lack of faith in the systems used in different countries. Reports indicate that cross-border transport is three to five times more expensive in Africa than it is in Asia and Latin America.
For example, truck transport from Mombasa to Kampala over a distance of about 1, km takes five days, of which 19 hours are spent crossing borders and at weighbridges. EAC Secretary General Richard Sezibera described the efforts to harmonise vehicle weight limits as critical if EAC partner states are to improve transport infrastructure in the region.
This, he said would spur efficiency and lower the cost of doing business. The nation of 1. Elite Syrian troops backed by helicopters and tanks regain control of a town where police and soldiers joined forces with the protesters they were ordered to shoot. The developments, and actions by opponents of the Syrian government, mark a major departure from what had been a largely peaceful protest movement. It appears the rebels may have been coordinating attacks on several fronts nationwide but poor communications make it impossible to confirm such reports from opposition voices outside Libya.
The UAE moves comes just three days after hosting an international gathering on ways to aid the rebels and their Transitional National Council based in eastern Libya. Egyptian authorities detain an alleged Israeli agent and are interrogating him on suspicion of spying and trying to influence protesters during the popular uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, a court official and the prosecution spokesman say. The prosecution spokesman says the suspect is being interrogated by the state security prosecution.
Many Jordanians want the king to loosen his absolute grip on power, which includes appointing prime ministers and Cabinets. Copyright The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Imbalance of power in Africa land deals. Investors are benefiting from the massive imbalance of power between themselves and families living in poverty in rural Africa, who often lack legal titles to the land on which they grow food, let alone the means to demand consultation or challenge their eviction.
At present, across much of the world, land-grabbing is all too easy and the protections for poor people are terrifyingly few. There is no simple solution to this growing problem, but many measures that together could help. For instance, community land titling initiatives of the sort being supported in Africa by the International Development Law Organisation are valuable, as is expert legal advice to help governments and poor communities negotiate better land deals with foreign investors — as has happened in Liberia.
Wealthy countries such as the UK should support such initiatives. Policy and campaigns journalist, Christian Aid. Africa free trade plan must be finalised within three years. The heads of state involved in the weekend summit of three economic blocs in Africa — Sadc, Ecowas and Comesa — have decided that member countries must finalise a free trade agreement within three years, Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said today.
He was addressing a transport investors conference organised by the transport department to attract investors in massive infrastructure projects planned for the sector. Mr Davies said the heads of state had instructed that the free trade agreement would have to have a development aspect because many of the constraints to trade on the continent were of an infrastructural or logistical nature. SA hailed the meeting as a historic milestone that would give rise to sustainable economic development on the continent.
SA stands to make considerable gains with tariffs likely to be cut when the bloc is formed. South African companies in the financial services, telecommunications and retail sectors have operations throughout the three blocs. Mr Zuma told his peers to take responsibility for creating an environment conducive to foreign direct investment. The proposed free trade area would merge three existing blocs covering central, eastern and southern Africa — Sadc, the East African Community and Comesa.
The International Monetary Fund expects Africa to grow faster than the global average in the coming years. The proposed bloc faces significant obstacles: The bloc would bring under one roof such diverse economies as those of SA, Egypt, Angola and Ethiopia. It would also include countries facing or struggling to outgrow turmoil, such as Libya, Madagascar, Sudan and Zimbabwe. Countries which fall outside the three blocs would be invited to join once a free trade area was established. King Mswati, leader of cash- strapped Swaziland and chairman of Comesa, said the trade agreement would bring bigger opportunities for the small, landlocked kingdom.
Erastus Mwencha, deputy chairman of the African Union Commission said: Mahammed, who is believed to have masterminded the deadly al-Qaeda truck bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, and his cohort appeared to have taken a wrong turning as they drove their vehicle to a meeting with members of al-Shebab, the Somali terror group that has caused so much mayhem in the anarchic Horn of Africa country. Not only was he behind the embassy bombings, which killed people, in he planned a suicide attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, which killed 15 people, and last year he was linked to a double bombing in Uganda — on the eve of the World Cup final — that killed 76 people.
While Africa might be a safer place after the demise of Mahammed, appalling socio-economic conditions in countries such as Somalia, where effective government ceases to exist outside the capital, are a fertile breeding ground for men of his ilk. While they are at it, renewed efforts should be made to support the transition to democracy in countries such as Tunisia and Egypt. Clinton to Meet African Union Officials. A university professor says he expects U.
He says the continental body lacks what he described as the necessary tools to decisively deal with conflicts on the continent. She is also expected to focus on regional issues when she visits the African Union AU headquarters and meets with AU Chairperson Jean Ping, in addition to holding bilateral meetings. She will also meet with civil society to draw attention to their innovative and enterprising work.
He also said that the African Union is in a dilemma over how to deal with the ongoing crisis in Libya. Mato rejected criticisms that the African Union has continually failed to resolve conflicts on the continent. He also attributed many African conflicts to endemic poverty. She also encouraged leaders of the continent to ensure that foreign projects are sustainable and benefit all of their citizens, not only elites. Sudan leaders meet on border conflict. The talks are also attended by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who heads an AU team trying to resolve outstanding issues between north and south ahead of southern independence on July 9.
Kiir but not with Mr. Bashir, an aide said. Bashir has been charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague but refuses to recognize his authority, though his travels have been severely restricted. The South Kordofan conflict erupted less than three weeks after northern troops occupied the contested Abyei border region nearby, in response to an attack on a convoy of SAF troops and UN peacekeepers.
The violence comes just a month before south Sudan is due to proclaim formal independence from the north. We agreed to take part in SADC talks in this spirit. A SADC heads-of-state summit in Johannesburg yesterday endorsed the roadmap with some changes, including that Ravalomanana be allowed to return to Madagascar.
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The refusal to agree to the latest plan after two years of SADC mediation may extend the political crisis and discredit elections expected to take place within a year. The decision to change an agreement that was signed by eight of 11 political parties may lead to those parties pulling out of SADC mediation, Rahajason said.
The Mapping Progress report identifies the crucial role of effective leadership, smart policies, proper institutional foundations and international partnerships in driving development and calls for a new outlook on development. The report highlights star performers, surprise performers and potential performers across the continent for their progress in various areas including growth, agriculture, healthcare, education and sanitation.
The drivers of development. Smart policies — Progress has involved a changing role for government away from controlling markets and prices to facilitating and enabling investment and production , and, in the best cases empowering citizens. Policies have been built on clear vision or national strategy and have been evidence based. Smart institutions — In many countries, progress has been achieved through governance reforms that have decentralised and strengthened local institutions. Reforms have not only led to improved service delivery but also enabled more effective revenue collection and management of public finances.
Smart friends — Effective international partnerships can be important catalysts for progress. These partnerships can take various forms beyond aid, including the transfer of knowledge and technology, international trading relations and diplomatic interventions. Ghana is on track to meet Millennium Development Goal 1 — halving rates of poverty and malnutrition by Star performers, such as Ghana, have shown sustained progress for more than two decades.
By diversifying products and services they have added considerable value to national performance. Star countries display a more mature level of development and are now beginning to face challenges more common to developed countries such as environmental degradation, aging populations and non-communicable diseases. Since emerging from civil war in , Ethiopia has significantly improved access to education for its population. Primary school enrolment rates have risen by more than 13 million since A sustained Government commitment matched by increased spending, allowing the removal of school fees, has triggered this astonishing rise.
Other surprise performers are Rwanda, Cambodia, Laos and Somaliland. Surprise performers such as Ethiopia have delivered progress against the odds, often recovering from crisis and war or dealing with ongoing conflict, challenging political situations and highly inaccessible topography. The surprise elements of progress in these countries often lie in the speed of recovery, sometimes allowing them to eclipse previous levels of development. Malawi has the potential to deliver significant progress towards its development over the next decade according to a newly published global research project.
Potential performers such as Malawi have shown recent examples of progress, often achieved over a short period of time. Progress may be limited to individual sectors or regions. Whilst these countries have already produced impressive results they now need to sustain them into the future. Other potential performers include Benin, Malawi and Burkina Faso.
Terrorist leader killed in Somalia carried plans for bombing the West. Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the bombings that killed people at two U. He was a bomb-making specialist who was suspected of involvement in a series of recent bombings, including the explosions in Uganda last July that killed 79 people who were watching the World Cup final on television. The bombing plans in Mr. Mohammed was a master of disguise and forgery who reputedly spoke five languages and used 18 different names, along with three different dates of birth on his multiple passports.
Born in the Comoros Islands off the eastern coast of Africa in the early s, he reportedly trained at al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the late s and early s. He was allegedly the chief planner of the bombings of the U. And he was a key organizer of the bombing of a Kenyan beach resort in , which killed 16 people, along with an attempted missile attack on an Israeli passenger jet at the same time.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the death of Mr. A spokesman for al-Shabab confirmed that Mr. Mohammed was one of the men killed in the checkpoint shootout last week, according to Agence France-Presse. Somali officials say Mr. The South African government has been widely criticized for corruption that allows criminals to easily obtain fraudulent South African passports.
With a report from Colin Freeze in Toronto. The longest total lunar eclipse since July will occur on Wednesday June 15 , with skywatchers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia in prime position to witness the lunar treat. The event is the first lunar eclipse of and one of two total lunar eclipses this year. For observers in regions where it will be visible, the eclipse could offer an amazing sight: In the last years, only three other eclipses have rivaled the duration of totality of this eclipse, according to SPACE.
The last lunar eclipse of similar length occured on July 16, and lasted minutes. Total eclipse of the moon. Total lunar eclipses occur when the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon, casting a deep shadow through which the moon then travels through. Shorter wavelengths of sunlight, like blue, are scattered by the atmosphere, so by the time the light has finished its trip to the moon, more of the longer wavelengths, like red, are left over.
On the Earth, the same thing happens at sunset as the ground you stand on gradually passes into night. Unlike their solar counterparts, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any special protective glasses or equipment. Countries in prime viewing position. Skywatchers in eastern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina have a chance to see the lunar eclipse during its total stage, NASA officials said. It follows the June 1 partial solar eclipse and comes before another partial solar eclipse, which will occur on July 1 but only be visible from a remote region near Antarctica.
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Humanitarian officials said Sunday that the situation in Kadugli was deteriorating. She said a contingent of Bangladeshi peacekeepers had been brought to the region from elsewhere in the country. The United Nations compound in Kadugli seemed to be at risk. Thousands of city residents have crowded a displaced persons camp near the compound.
At least 6, were believed to be there on Sunday, and the protection was said to be spotty. United Nations officials said they could not rule out reports that people had been abducted from the camp. A report by the United Nations humanitarian agency, dated Friday, said security officers in Kadugli had seen two trucks of blindfolded men being transported. It was not clear who the men were, where they were being taken or by whom. At the same time, the United Nations has been trying to evacuate its own personnel. On Saturday, a convoy of vehicles carrying nonessential international staff members was forced to turn around, United Nations officials said, when northern Sudanese soldiers stopped the vehicles and the Egyptian peacekeepers assigned to protect them abandoned the convoy.
A convoy with 30 international staff members is to try again to leave Kadugli on Monday. Evacuating local staff members has faced other obstacles. The northern Sudanese government had prohibited all Sudanese citizens working with the United Nations from leaving. On Saturday, the United Nations moved about 80 percent of its Sudanese staff out of Kadugli secretly, using commercial vehicles, according to a security report. There are approximately United Nations staff members in Kadugli, a public information officer said.
Over the last several days, fighting in Southern Kordofan — a northern Sudanese state with a large and militarized population aligned with southern Sudan — has spread to more than half of the state. Since the fighting began on June 5, humanitarian officials estimate at least 40, people have fled Kadugli, a city surrounded by the Nuba Mountains, where thousands of ethnically African locals, aligned toward southern Sudan, remain armed. The Nubans fought alongside the ethnically African southern Sudanese during their decades-long civil war with the predominantly Arab north.
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US criticised over climate change stance at UN talks. AS TWO new reports warned that agriculture and food production is likely to be severely hit by global warming, the latest round of United Nations climate talks in Bonn is making little or no progress in dealing with substantive issues. The negotiations are highly political. But the necessary political will was lacking, he said.
A separate report by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research predicted tropical regions are likely to be worst hit, with widespread famine in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, areas where millions already lack enough food. Calling on those involved in the Bonn talks to take notice, he said: Global agriculture production needs to increase 70 percent to meet food demand by the middle of the century as more people move to cities, the United Nations said.
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The secretary urged young Africans to participate more in the political process by voting, being active in campaigns, or even running for office themselves. Unless they participate, their leaders may not pay attention to them or their priorities, she said. Are we doing that to make money? But along with increasing opportunities for women entrepreneurs, African nations also need to take advantage of the tens of millions of consumers on the continent and trade more with each other, as well as enact reforms to make it easier to do business, she said.
Clinton pushes for trade with Africa. She said China was not a role model for good governance. Yesterday, Ms Clinton started a three-day official visit to Tanzania. China is the biggest player in Africa in trade and investments. Though the US introduced a trade programme known as the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act Agoa nearly a decade ago, trade with the continent is limited. Agoa provides for quota and duty-free entry into the US for certain goods, expanding the benefits under the generalised system of preferences programme.
Agoa expanded market access for textile and apparel goods into the US for eligible countries, which created jobs. But a change to parts of the agreement in reversed some of the gains made in the African textile industry due to increased competition from developing nations outside Africa, particularly China.
Ms Clintion is scheduled to meet President Jakaya Kikwete today. Mohammed, considered the most wanted man in East Africa, was the third major al-Qaeda leader slain in six weeks.
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Osama bin Laden was killed in early May, and Ilyas Kashmiri, who was implicated in the Mumbai attacks, died a month later in a US drone strike in Pakistan. Somali forces killed Mohammed, believed to be in his late 30s, during a late-night shooting in Mogadishu on Tuesday, after he and another man apparently got lost and mistakenly drove their truck to a security checkpoint.
When they tried to speed away, the soldiers opened fire, killing them instantly, Somali officials said. Hillary Clinton visits site of U. Mrs Clinton said justice has been served since alleged mastermind killed. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was shot by police earlier this week. He allegedly plotted terror attacks in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
Just inside the main gate of the U. Mrs Clinton said a silent prayer and spoke with three Tanzanian employees who were at the embassy when it, along with the U. Embassy in Nairobi in neighbouring Kenya, was bombed on Aug. Mrs Clinton said on Sunday: Somali officials reported Saturday that soldiers earlier in the week had killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al-Qaida operative who allegedly plotted the bombings.
The attacks in Tanzania and Kenya killed people, including 10 Tanzanians at the U. Embassy in Dar es Salaam. The embassy has since been relocated. Most of the people killed in the attacks were Kenyans. Twelve Americans at the U. Embassy in Nairobi died. Earlier Sunday, Clinton toured American-funded health, development and public works projects in and around the capital, receiving enthusiastic welcomes from audiences at the events.
After thorough investigation, we confirmed it was him, and then we buried his corpse. Mohammed was reputed to be the head of al Qaeda in east Africa, and operated in Somalia, which has been without an effective central government since the overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in He is accused of playing a lead role in the embassy attacks in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, which killed people and left 5, injured.
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He also had a laptop and a modified AK Fazul was reportedly the top military commander of al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant insurgent group engaged in a bid to control Somalia. Somalia has been mired in violence since , when the last central government collapsed. Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, hailed the death of the suspected head of al-Qaeda in east Africa and the man held responsible for American embassy bombings in the s.
By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was gunned down by Somali government troops, after he refused to stop at a roadblock in the capital Mogadishu last week. The suicide attack was the third in Mogadishu in less than two weeks. The confrontation came just weeks after Osama bin Laden was killed by American troops in Pakistan. Also known as Harun, he spoke five languages and was said to be a master of disguise, forgery and bomb making who had at least 18 aliases and masqueraded as an itinerant Islamic preacher.
He said that as well as the embassy attacks, Mohammed had been linked to attacks in Somalia. Mohammed was carrying documents with the signature of Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, one of the top leaders of al-Shebab, the government said. Then we had learned that he was the man wanted by the US authorities. It is a victory for Somali army. The confirmation of his death came the day before Mrs Clinton was due to lay flowers at a memorial for the dead on the grounds of the new embassy in Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, on the second leg of her Africa tour.
US backs Ethiopia peacekeepers in Abyei. Bashir has been charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague but refuses to recognise its authority, though his travels have been severely restricted. This is what we expect him to implement and we are grateful for the leadership of Tanzania and others in the region who are making it very clear what the way forward should be.
We will continue to follow this closely and support the work southern Africa is doing. On Sunday, regional leaders called on Mugabe and his long time-rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to speed up implementation of the power-sharing deal that brought them together in an uneasy coalition government in China in Africa — America strikes back. Hilary Clinton has strong words about China and Africa. Western nations like the United States have, in contrast to China, seemed relatively less interested in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, distracted, as they have been, by events in the Middle East.
However, recent developments suggest that America is now making an effort to counter Chinese activities in Africa and to boost US-Africa trade and diplomatic relations.
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America has, in some respects, been a relatively good friend to Africa. Trade between the US and sub-Saharan Africa has also been robust through the years see chart below. We hope that it will become successful in its own economic efforts on behalf of the Chinese people, and that it will assume a greater and more responsible role in addressing global challenges. Renewed American interest in Africa could increase the volume of such criticisms. Africa is slowly but surely becoming an important global economic player see articles on the topic here and here. As African economies grow and develop, and as Africa becomes a target for companies seeking growth opportunities and countries seeking natural resources, both American and Chinese interest and activity in the continent will grow.
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The lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday and will be visible from start to finish from eastern Africa, central Asia, the Middle East and western Australia, reports the Associated Press AP. The eclipse will last 1 hour and 40 minutes, which will be the longest lunar eclipse since July A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon glides through the long shadow cast by the Earth and is blocked from the sunlight that illuminates it.
The disk will appear to gradually change color, turning from silver to orange or red. It is difficult to predict the exact shade the moon will take because it depends on how much dust and clouds are in the atmosphere during the eclipse. Observers in Europe will miss the first part of the eclipse because it will occur before the moon rises. Eastern Asia and eastern Australia will not catch the final stages.
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Pentecost is the the Feast of Weeks, the celebration of the first-fruits, the gift of the Holy Spirit, the birthday of the church. It happens 50 days after Passover — seven weeks after Easter. The fire of the microwave could even be added to the confection, delighting children of a certain age. However, Pentecost still remains the least commercialized of the major feasts. I am waiting in prayer — twice daily at the sound of the bell — and in as much accord as my heart can manage. Francis surrounded by birds.
They remind me of my recent encounter with a couple of warblers: I scooped the baby bird up and took it outside, where it seemed happy to rest in my hands while I marveled at its beauty. I marvel still at the gift of holding a bird in my hand for long enough to look and love.
The United Methodists of Northern California and Nevada have spent the 50 days between Easter and Pentecost with a study designed to reignite the church.