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Anglican Church in Zimbabwe evangelises young people

Anglican Church in Zimbabwe evangelises young people

The Anglican Church of Zimbabwe has started an extensive evangelisation programme especially targeting young people and emphasising HIV/AIDS awareness

20 August 2004

Dean of Lusaka cathedral elected bishop

Dean of Lusaka cathedral elected bishop

The Church of the Province of Central Africa has held an election for a Diocesan bishop in Lusaka after the Rt Revd Leonard Mwenda retired. 

01 July 2004

Mothers Day HIV/AIDS campaign

Mothers Day HIV/AIDS campaign

This year's Mothers Day was celebrated differently by the Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi. They took time to share love with women living with HIV/AIDS and those who have been affected. 

25 May 2004

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

Botswana's Anglican Church leaders denounce gay Bishop

Botswana's Anglican Church leaders denounce gay Bishop

The Anglican Church in Botswana has joined a growing list of African Anglican dioceses that have refused to recognise the consecration of the Rt Revd V Gene Robinson as Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the United States, because of his sexual orientation.

09 December 2003

Thousands honour clerics who opposed Rhodesian regime

Thousands honour clerics who opposed Rhodesian regime

Thousands of Christians from Zimbabwe's eastern province of Manicaland thronged the Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist in the city of Mutare to pay tribute to two former bishops.

08 September 2003

Rising number of street children as Malawi food crisis deepens

Rising number of street children as Malawi food crisis deepens

As the food crisis tightens its grip in Malawi, Christian relief and development agency, Tearfund, reports a worrying increase in the number of children coming onto the street in the desperate search for food and money.

05 February 2003

Tutu leads formation of charity to aid farmers in Zimbabwe

Tutu leads formation of charity to aid farmers in Zimbabwe

Retired Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Laureate, Desmond Tutu of South Africa, is supporting formation of a charity to aid commercial farmers in Zimbabwe affected by the government's controversial land reforms.

18 June 2002

Diocese of Rochester suspends link with Diocese of Harare

Diocese of Rochester suspends link with Diocese of Harare

It is with great sorrow and regret that the Bishop’s Council of the Diocese of Rochester announces its decision to suspend the diocese’s long-standing link with the Diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe.

02 May 2002

Statement from the Anglican Church of Cameroon

Statement from the Anglican Church of Cameroon

The entire Anglican Community of Cameroon were shocked to learn about the barbaric attack carried out in the United States of America by the terrorists on September 11, 2001.

24 September 2001