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Ugandan faith leaders critique viral Internet video on Kony

Ugandan faith leaders critique viral Internet video on Kony

A film detailing atrocities committed by the Northern Uganda rebel leader Joseph Kony has become an Internet sensation, but faith leaders in the region said they fear the production will cause further trauma to the population who are recovering from a 23-year brutal war.

15 March 2012

Kenya: Bishop Muge Murdered, Says Ex-Spy

Kenya: Bishop Muge Murdered, Says Ex-Spy

Former Anglican bishop Alexander Muge was killed by security agents and an accident used for cover up, a former intelligence officer told the Truth commission yesterday. J

07 March 2012

Emergency Appeal for Boga Diocese, Congo

Emergency Appeal for Boga Diocese, Congo

The Rt. Rev. William Bahemuka, the Bishop of Boga Diocese in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has issued a call for emergency support to avert increased militia attacks in the region of Bukiringi, 15 miles north of Boga, the seat of the Diocese. 

07 March 2012

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba hosts COP 17 - Perspectives and Insights

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba hosts COP 17 - Perspectives and Insights

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town will host a panel of participants from the recent COP 17 climate talks in Durban at an open meeting on Thursday, 8 March, at 6pm at the Memorial Chapel of Bishops School.  

06 March 2012

Widening economic gap 'immoral, says Makgoba

Widening economic gap 'immoral, says Makgoba

The ever-widening gap between rich and poor, despite the fall of apartheid, is “truly immoral”, Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba has said at his inauguration as chancellor of the University of the Western Cape.

29 February 2012

Indian Ocean: Archbishop issues appeal for cyclone-hit Madagascar

Indian Ocean: Archbishop issues appeal for cyclone-hit Madagascar

Thirty-one people have been killed and 250,000 left homeless after Cyclone Giovanna devastated Madagascar. 

29 February 2012

Archbishop Anglican Church of Kenya Gives 2012 Lent Message

Archbishop Anglican Church of Kenya Gives 2012 Lent Message

To the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Church of Kenya

24 February 2012

Archbishop of York's Statement on Anti-Gay Bill in Uganda

Archbishop of York's Statement on Anti-Gay Bill in Uganda

The Archbishop of York has today repeated his opposition to David Bahati MP’s Private Members Bill in Uganda which seeks to prosecute gay people.

24 February 2012

Bishop of Harare: "We are CPCA and there is no law that forbids us to worship God."

Bishop of Harare: "We are CPCA and there is no law that forbids us to worship God."

Bishop Chad Gandiya of Harare today issued an open letter to stress the difference between the Church of the Province of Central Africa dioceses in Zimbabwe and the churches run by an excommunicated former bishop.

22 February 2012

Kenya: ACK Wants Children Abuse in Isiolo Probed

Kenya: ACK Wants Children Abuse in Isiolo Probed

The Anglican Church of Kenya has called for investigation into an allegation that 30 orphaned children were mistreated at the Child Welfare Society of Kenya in Isiolo county. The children fled the centre last Sunday to the church allegedly for fear of intimidation and embarrassment by its caretakers a day after they took over the management from Isiolo childrens home following a court order from the high court.

21 February 2012