Swords Into Plowshares election Archives

May 3, 2013

Pray for Peace, Reconciliation and Democracy in Madagascar

Posted 9:22am

The Christian Council of Churches in Madagascar (FFKM) has launched a process of broad-based national reconciliation to enable the Malagasy people to find a way out of the political crisis that has gripped the nation for more than four years. Representatives of more than 200 political parties and civil society organizations are meeting in Antananarivo, the… Read more »

April 6, 2012

Call for UN help for Madagascar election

Posted 9:37pm

Madagascar’s new electoral commission on Monday asked UN experts to come help organize polls for an election by the end of the year that may help lead the nation out of a three-year-old crisis. Learn more about the situation in Madagascar. Presbyterians have a long history of partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ in… Read more »

November 27, 2011

Elections in the DRC

Posted 1:20pm

Hold the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in prayer as they go to the polls tomorrow to participate in presidential and parliamentary elections. The political landscape in Congo is complex and unsettling. Please pray with us for the November 28th elections. Pray that God would appoint righteous leaders who will honor God… Read more »

March 12, 2011

Statement by President Barack Obama on the Violence in Cote d’Ivoire

Posted 3:42am

From the Office of the Press Secretary, the White House I strongly condemn the abhorrent violence against unarmed civilians in Cote d’Ivoire. I am particularly appalled by the indiscriminate killing of unarmed civilians during peaceful rallies, many of them women,…

December 8, 2010

Security Council on Côte d’Ivoire

Posted 2:23am

Security Council Report has published an Update Report on Côte d’Ivoire. The Security Council has been holding extended informal consultations on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. The head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, Choi Young-jin, briefed the…

June 26, 2010

Ten years on

Posted 11:28pm

By Matt Lang I was soaked by the end of election day. My shirt felt like something that was growing on me. We waited for the polls to close at a precinct in Surigao City. It was 11:30 pm, the…

June 20, 2010

Election Day: Colombia

Posted 2:40pm

Pray for the people of Colombia as the second round of elections takes place today.

June 19, 2010

Churches to pursue rights cases under new Philippines’ president

Posted 4:56am

There is a new president in the Philippines. There is new leadership for the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. What will come next? According to a story from Ecumenical News International (posted by the Presbyterian News Service), the…

June 11, 2010

And then it began to rain

Posted 1:20pm

by Matt Lang I was part of a team that went to Surigao del Norte in northeastern Mindanao. This area is rich in resources and is one of the last regions in the country that hasn’t been completely deforested or…

June 6, 2010

An Election of Debt

Posted 9:52pm

By Nancy Eng MacNeill From province to province, precinct after precinct, throughout the Philippine islands, the May 10, 2010 elections showed widespread evidence of voter intimidation, vote buying, campaign violations on Election Day, denial of voter rights, and more. As…

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