The city and state of Kaduna have been embroiled in communal violence since 21st February. Much of the infrastructure of the city of Kaduna has been destroyed; churches, mosques, homes and businesses have been burnt. 80,000 people have been made homeless, and hundreds have been killed.
19 March 2000
The World Bank and a group of 150 Senior Christian leaders from 20 African nations announced today that the Church and Bank plan to work more closely together to fight poverty and spur economic and social development in Africa.
18 March 2000
The 72nd Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church of Liberia (ECL) was held at the beginning of February. This is the first time since Liberia was torn by civil war that the Convention, hosted by St John's church in Buchanan, has been held outside Montserrado County.
11 March 2000
Liberia is emerging uneasily from a decade of civil war that has had a lasting effect on nearly all this West African country's 3 million inhabitants.
08 March 2000
A book published to mark the centenary of the Episcopal Church in Sudan [ECS] declares that church in the massive African country of Sudan will continue to grow irrespective of the many problems the country and the church itself are currently facing.
08 March 2000
We as the Bishops of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa have been deeply shocked by the action taken by Archbishop Tay and others in consecrating two priests to minister in the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.
04 March 2000
Canon Jim Rosenthal of the Anglican Communion News Service spoke to Bishop Dinis Sengulane on 29 February 2000 about the current flooding disaster in Mozambique.
01 March 2000
Joseph Ayok lost his mother and two brothers in the civil war that has been devastating southern Sudan for the last 30 years. Joseph, a former Olympic athlete, is now a vicar in Dorset after he fled to England 17 years ago. But he hasn't forgotten his native country, and his life's mission is to highlight the suffering of people in Sudan.
24 February 2000
Bishop Joseph B Marona has been elected Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS). He succeeds Archbishop Benjamina Yugusuk, who retired two years ago.
18 February 2000
The General Synod of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) on February 14, 2000 elected Bishop Joseph Marona as the third Archbishop of the ECS. He succeeds Archbishop Benjamina Wani Yugusuk who retired on February 28, 1998. Archbishop Marona will be enthroned in Juba, the headquarters of ECS, on 30 April 2000.
18 February 2000