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Uganda: Women Priests speak of Discrimination

Uganda: Women Priests speak of Discrimination

More than 30 clergywomen from all dioceses of the Anglican Church of Uganda have accused their male counterparts of discriminating against them and relegating them to secondary positions in the Church hierarchy.

02 September 1996

New Anglican Studies Centre Open in Uganda

New Anglican Studies Centre Open in Uganda

An Anglican Studies Centre has opened at Bishop McAllister College in Kyogyera in West Ankole Diocese. The Centre will serve the whole of the province and its aim is to strengthen Ugandan's understanding of their Anglican heritage in the African context. 

02 September 1996

Ugandan Bishop forced to Retire

Ugandan Bishop forced to Retire

The Rt Revd Cyprian Bamwoze of Busoga Diocese has been forced to retire. The Ugandan House of Bishops Meeting in late July made the decision after years of conflict between the Bishop and his diocese. 

02 September 1996

Sudan Fears For Famine

Sudan Fears For Famine

Christian Solidarity International, a Christian human rights group, visited Sudan recently and have expressed their fears that there could be a famine in north east Sudan. 

02 September 1996

Archbishop Tutu Hopes For Olympics In Cape Town

Archbishop Tutu Hopes For Olympics In Cape Town

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman of a commission probing atrocities committed during the apartheid era and, until recently, head of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa - has taken on another role: campaigning in Atlanta during the Olympic Games on behalf of Cape Town's bid to stage the Games in 2004.

02 September 1996

Gunman Admits Plan to Kidnap Archbishop Tutu

Gunman Admits Plan to Kidnap Archbishop Tutu

A gunman tracked down by police admitted he had planned to kidnap Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman of the government-appointed Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigating atrocities committed during the apartheid era in South Africa. 

02 September 1996

Church Concern About Violence

Church Concern About Violence

Anglican and Roman Catholic Church leaders in Cape Town have expressed grave concern about rising violence by gangsters and others in the city and about the establishment of a Muslim vigilante group determined to punish the gangsters.

02 September 1996

Churches call for constitutional review

Churches call for constitutional review

An immediate constitutional review and an all-party dialogue on the composition of the country's next electoral commission have been called for both by the National Council of Churches in Kenya and Kenya's Roman Catholic Bishops. 

02 September 1996

Call For End To Embargo On Burundi Relief

Call For End To Embargo On Burundi Relief

Non-government aid agencies working in Burundi are urging the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to exempt immediately relief supplies from its blockade of goods into the country. The embargo has been imposed in a bid to persuade warring parties in Burundi to stop fighting and start negotiations. 

02 September 1996

Anglican Bishop Killed in Air Crash

Anglican Bishop Killed in Air Crash

The Assistant Bishop of the Kirinyaga CPK Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Adano Tuye was killed in an air crash on Saturday 27th July 1996. He died with senior government officials when the police helicopter they were travelling in crashed just outside Marsabit town about 300 kms North of Nairobi.

01 August 1996