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Ugandan Bishop condemns mob justice

Ugandan Bishop condemns mob justice

The Church in the Province of Uganda has condemned the increasing incidence of mob justice in the country. Rt Revd Charles Odrukami said that mob justice was an abuse of human rights and had caused several deaths. 

29 March 2004

ECS calls for protection after attacks

ECS calls for protection after attacks

The Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) has called for immediate protection from the Sudan Government after attacks on churches and their surrounding communities in the Upper Nile area of Malakal. 

22 March 2004

Bishops call for end to Uganda violence

Bishops call for end to Uganda violence

The Ugandan House of Bishops last week issued a statement calling for the immediate end to violence in Northern Uganda after the Most Revd Henry Orombi, the Archbishop of Uganda, led the bishops on a tour of the region to witness the situation at first hand.

11 March 2004

Sudanese bishop brings message

Sudanese bishop brings message

The bishop of the diocese of Kadugli Nuba Mountains, the Rt Revd Andudu Adam Elnail Kuku, has embarked on a tour of the United States to raise awareness of the frustrating conditions that the people of Sudan are currently facing in their daily lives.

09 March 2004

African Bishops' conference 'not a reaction'

African Bishops' conference 'not a reaction'

The design committee planning the Africa Anglican Bishops Conference (AABC) for October, which met in Nigeria last week, has clarified that the conference is not a reaction to current crises in the Anglican Communion. The clarification came in a press release issued today from the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA).

04 March 2004

Statement from the Episcopal Church of Sudan

Statement from the Episcopal Church of Sudan

On 10 March, local security forces again disrupted the work of the Diocese of Renk. The security arrived at the site, which was officially allocated to the Church, and forced a halt to the building of the Church's school there and arrested the Diocesan Building supervisor, Timothy Manyuan Atem, and placed him in custody.

01 March 2004

First African Archbishop of Kenya dies

First African Archbishop of Kenya dies

First African Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya has died after suffering a heart attack. The archbishop, the Most Revd Festo Habbakuk Olang’, was 95.

20 February 2004

Archbishop Orombi enthroned at colourful ceremony in Uganda

Archbishop Orombi enthroned at colourful ceremony in Uganda

The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi was on Sunday enthroned as the seventh Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda at a colourful ceremony witnessed by thousands of Christians including Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni.

29 January 2004

Lifetime achievement award for Bishop of Seychelles

Lifetime achievement award for Bishop of Seychelles

The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, established on 21 June 1991 to act as a catalyst in promoting effective, practical and sustainable programmes in areas of national development, presented a lifetime achievement award to the Rt Revd French Kitchener Chang-Him, Bishop of Seychelles, on Tuesday 30 December 2003.

26 January 2004

Statement of the Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Statement of the Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

We, the Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (DRCongo) gathered in Kinshasa, its capital city, on behalf of the clergy and laity from the DRCongo, take this opportunity to officially express our unhappiness regarding the issues which have recently arisen pertaining to the issues of homosexuality and the blessing of same-sex relationships which we believe are contrary to Holy Scripture, and to moral law in the Third World. We therefore strongly condemn:

05 January 2004