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Government engages Anglicans in Kenya on AIDS

Government engages Anglicans in Kenya on AIDS

At a high level meeting held at the Limuru Conference Centre on Tuesday and attended by all the 29 Bishops and top Government officials, Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi expressed satisfaction at the commitment and goodwill that the new Government was showing in working with the Church.

28 March 2003

Help for victims in Sudan

Help for victims in Sudan

Episcopal Relief and Development is providing critical food supplies to the Western Equatoria region in southern Sudan devastated by drought and war.

18 March 2003

Fear of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fear of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Humanitarian organisations warned of possible massacres of ethnic Hema civilians during the night after the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and ethnic Ngiti and Lendu militias on Thursday stormed Bunia in North Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), forcing the Union des patriotes congolais (UPC) rebel movement that had controlled the city to flee.

13 March 2003

Archbishop Donald Mtetemela re-elected Archbishop of Tanzania

Archbishop Donald Mtetemela re-elected Archbishop of Tanzania

Archbishop Donald Mtetemela has been re-elected to lead the Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) as Primate for the next five years. The re-election was done by the Electoral College for the election of the Archbishop at its sitting on Tuesday 25 February 2003.

12 March 2003

Worldwide Churches call for inclusiveness in Sudan Peace Talks

Worldwide Churches call for inclusiveness in Sudan Peace Talks

Bishop Taban went on to stress the urgent need to conclude nearly 20 years of civil war in Sudan with a just and sustainable peace agreement for the entire country.

11 March 2003

Christian Fellowship to Battle Arms Proliferation

Christian Fellowship to Battle Arms Proliferation

The Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa (FECCLAHA) has unveiled plans to battle proliferation of arms in the regions.

28 February 2003

Archbishop Janani Luwum remembered as Ugandan Government apologises to the Global Church

Archbishop Janani Luwum remembered as Ugandan Government apologises to the Global Church

Twenty six years after the grim martyrdom of the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Revd Janani Luwum, the Government of the Republic of Uganda for the first time has apologised to the Church and the entire global community for his murder.

20 February 2003

Madagascar President tells Churches to play Frontline Role

Madagascar President tells Churches to play Frontline Role

The President of Madagascar, Mr Marc Ravalomanana, has called on churches in Africa to take a firm frontline role in addressing Africa's problems.

13 February 2003

Archbishop Ndungane to mediate Zimbabwe crisis

Archbishop Ndungane to mediate Zimbabwe crisis

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has asked Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) to mediate in the longstanding dispute between Zimbabwe and Britain.

07 February 2003

Statement of the new Sudan Council of Churches on the future of the peace talks

Statement of the new Sudan Council of Churches on the future of the peace talks

The Sudanese church leaders have been monitoring events following the resumption of the peace talks between the Government of the Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with much anxiety and concern. 

07 February 2003