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First woman bishop elected in Africa - the Revd Ellinah Wamukoya

First woman bishop elected in Africa - the Revd Ellinah Wamukoya

It is a great pleasure to announce that the first woman bishop has been elected for the Diocese of Swaziland and in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

19 July 2012

Nigeria: Interfaith Delegation Releases Report on Violence

Nigeria: Interfaith Delegation Releases Report on Violence

By Michael Ireland [Continental News] Members of the Church of Christ in Nigeria in the Jos region are fleeing their homes, fearful of more violence in the wake of last weekend’s mass killings in Plateau state, according to Open Doors News.

18 July 2012

Kenya: Churches Security Tightened After Attacks

Kenya: Churches Security Tightened After Attacks

Security has been beefed up in most churches following last week's twin bombing on two worship centres in Garissa. A spot check on churches in Nairobi yesterday revealed that all worshippers were being screened, with some centres hiring services of uniformed security personnel.

11 July 2012

Kenya: Al Shabaab Tempt Cleric's Son With Six Million

Kenya: Al Shabaab Tempt Cleric's Son With Six Million

An Anglican Bishop on Sunday stunned Christians in Teso when he revealed how a cleric's son was offered Sh6 million to join the al-Shabaab militants.

11 July 2012

Faith leaders assess South Sudan's progress on nation's anniversary

Faith leaders assess South Sudan's progress on nation's anniversary

6 July [ENInews]-As South Sudan prepares to mark its first anniversary as a nation on 9 July, Christian leaders said it has made positive progress, but also highlighted significant problems.

09 July 2012

Clerics Seek Overhaul Of The Nation's Educational System

Clerics Seek Overhaul Of The Nation's Educational System

Some clerics on Sunday urged the Federal Government to overhaul the nation’s education system and restore its lost quality at all levels.

09 July 2012

Biti fires salvo at Nolbert Kunonga

Biti fires salvo at Nolbert Kunonga

Finance minister Tendai Biti has weighed in on the Anglican saga, describing excommunicated Harare Bishop Nolbert   Kunonga as the “devil’s angel”.

09 July 2012

Christian, Muslim leaders condemn church attacks in Kenya

Christian, Muslim leaders condemn church attacks in Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya, 2 July [ENInews] Faith leaders in Kenya condemned attacks on two churches on 1 July in the northeastern town of Garissa that left 17 people dead and 66 injured, according to police.

03 July 2012

Episcopal Church in Sudan makes new appeal for people in conflict-torn Malakal area

Episcopal Church in Sudan makes new appeal for people in conflict-torn Malakal area

Bishop John Gattek from the Diocese of Malakal, Church of Sudan is calling for humanitarian relief for communities in the Benitu area of Unity state in South Sudan.

02 July 2012

Malawi needs support for flood affected households

Malawi needs support for flood affected households

Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries in the world and is highly prone to natural disaster every year. The Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi (ANGSOMA) is working to support the affected communities and would like to share their situation and also ask for help from brothers and sisters around the Anglican Communion.

02 July 2012