The Zimbabwe Council of Churches [ZCC] has replaced its president, Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema, of Harare. Bishop Siyachitema has recently caused controversy in Zimbabwe by publicly criticising homosexuals, but this was not, a ZCC official said, the reason for his replacement.
26 July 1996
The Most Revd Desmond Tutu has been given a special award by the Archbishop of Canterbury - The Archbishop of Canterbury's Award for Outstanding Service to the Anglican Communion. Archbishop Tutu is the first recipient of this award which was presented to him personally by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Cape Town during a farewell service at the end of June.
02 July 1996
Twelve international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), decided to cut back drastically their relief operations in Liberia until security and order are established, the LWF said in a press release. The decision was taken "reluctantly" by officials from the NGOs at a 28 May meeting in Geneva.
02 July 1996
The Anglican Archbishop of Central Africa, Khotso Makhulu, has criticised some international donor agencies for being "neo-colonialist" and power-hungry at the expense of poor developing countries whose raw materials have been exploited by the West.
19 June 1996
The results of Uganda's presidential election, held on 9 May, represented a fair and authentic view of the voters, despite some shortcomings and anomalies, according to the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC), which monitored the elections.
19 June 1996
The Rt Revd Winston Njongonkulu Ndungane, the Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman, has been elected Archbishop of Cape Town and becomes the new Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. He succeeds the Most Revd Desmond Tutu who has retired from the post and now heads the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
05 June 1996
The London Sunday Telegraph ran an article on a new prayer book - "We Too Are Baptised" - for lesbians and gays. The foreword has been written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. His text is presented here for your use and for the sake of clarity and accuracy.
22 April 1996
Fourteen mainline Churches in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal have launched an Ecumenical Peacemakers' Programme to help contain political violence in the run-up to the province's local government elections on 29 May.
03 April 1996
For the past four years reports about conflict in the Diocese of Busoga and the Bishop, the Rt Revd Cyprian Bamwoze, have appeared in various papers and news services. The Province has now written the following report
03 April 1996
The death of Archbishop George Browne in February, 1993, left the Episcopal Church of Liberia mired in efforts to reorganise and rebuild in the middle of a war. In a shining example of Christian hope, a special convocation last May elected Suffragan Bishop Edward Neufville II to succeed Archbishop Browne.
04 March 1996