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Africa

Uganda trip establishes work in three Dioceses

Uganda trip establishes work in three Dioceses

Lydia Tushabe enjoys being in business. She started out with a little hair salon in a room by the side of a road that runs into Kabale. With her loan from the Five Talents funded program she was able to open a retail shop with primary sales in bananas.

07 August 2002

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

I am delighted by the appointment of Rowan Williams. I have known him and his wife Jane since the 80's - a very difficult time for the church in South Africa. It was then that they responded to my invitation to lead seminars in this country and their input was invaluable and hugely encouraging at a time when we desperately needed friends in the North.

01 August 2002

HIV/AIDS education in Southern Africa

HIV/AIDS education in Southern Africa

Teachers, researchers, activists and policy makers from five countries in Southern Africa will meet together with partners from the UK on 18 July in London, at a conference in Senate House, University of London to assess what can be done to overcome HIV/AIDS in the education sector.

17 July 2002

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Statement issued by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Passing through London I was horrified by newspaper headlines stating that the average life expectancy in Africa will soon be only 26 years. The same UNAIDS report that made such alarming news around the world warns that the AIDS pandemic is yet to peak - we haven't seen the worst of it yet!

17 July 2002

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane responds to Constitutional Court ruling on AIDS in South Africa

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane responds to Constitutional Court ruling on AIDS in South Africa

The Constitutional Court's ruling that compels the government to provide drugs that reduce the risk of the transmission of HIV from mother to foetus is both welcome and alarming. 

08 July 2002

Towards a global Christian forum

Towards a global Christian forum

A consultation towards a Global Christian Forum took place at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California from 15-20 June 2002. Among the 55 participants were representatives from various Orthodox (Eastern and Oriental), Catholic, Anglican, Reformation Protestant, Pentecostal, Evangelical, and African Instituted churches as well as interchurch organizations.

08 July 2002

Train accident in Tanzania

Train accident in Tanzania

A letter from the Chairman of the Anglican Consultative Council, Bishop Simon Chiwanga

29 June 2002

Statement concerning the filing of international legal claims for apartheid reparations

Statement concerning the filing of international legal claims for apartheid reparations

Jubilee South Africa must be commended for the tremendous energy with which it has pursued truth, justice and reconciliation in regard to the victims and beneficiaries of apartheid.

29 June 2002

Archbishop crosses front-line to visit Nuba Mountains

Archbishop crosses front-line to visit Nuba Mountains

Archbishop Joseph Marona has just returned from a demanding two-week pastoral visit up in the Nuba Mountains. The Archbishop’s visit crossed the military front-line under the terms of the local cease-fire agreed earlier in the year and involved strenuous climbs to remote church centres.

18 June 2002

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