The significance of the Church in the fight against HIV/AIDS has once again been brought to the fore after the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) recently partnered with Christian Aid (UK) and the British Government, through DFID, to embark on a major R222 million (US$30.5 million) AIDS programme.
08 May 2003
Episcopal Relief and Development is providing emergency assistance to the Diocese of Liberia after escalating violence and civil unrest in the country.
03 May 2003
One of the most hotly debated issues in Africa today is homosexuality. Its exposure on the continent has excited deep and often extreme reactions. Some observers dismiss the habit as a western culture, yet it is spreading through the continent like a wild bush fire.
01 May 2003
Anglican Archbishop, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has added his voice to the Western Cape Premier's call for the flood stricken region of the South-western Cape to be declared a disaster area.
04 April 2003
At a high level meeting held at the Limuru Conference Centre on Tuesday and attended by all the 29 Bishops and top Government officials, Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi expressed satisfaction at the commitment and goodwill that the new Government was showing in working with the Church.
28 March 2003
Episcopal Relief and Development is providing critical food supplies to the Western Equatoria region in southern Sudan devastated by drought and war.
18 March 2003
Humanitarian organisations warned of possible massacres of ethnic Hema civilians during the night after the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and ethnic Ngiti and Lendu militias on Thursday stormed Bunia in North Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), forcing the Union des patriotes congolais (UPC) rebel movement that had controlled the city to flee.
13 March 2003
Archbishop Donald Mtetemela has been re-elected to lead the Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) as Primate for the next five years. The re-election was done by the Electoral College for the election of the Archbishop at its sitting on Tuesday 25 February 2003.
12 March 2003
Bishop Taban went on to stress the urgent need to conclude nearly 20 years of civil war in Sudan with a just and sustainable peace agreement for the entire country.
11 March 2003
The Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa (FECCLAHA) has unveiled plans to battle proliferation of arms in the regions.
28 February 2003