Further to calls by the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya for an extension to the deadline for the issue of new generation ofidentity cards, the President of Kenya extended the deadline by a month to the end of February. But Church leaders have again called for a further extension. The cards are a requirement for voter registration for national elections.
28 February 1997
Further to earlier reports in ACNS about Archbishop Desmond Tutu's operation for cancer of the prostate, he is now out of hospital and working again as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. The Archbishop will continue to receive treatment although it has been established that the cancer has not spread.
21 February 1997
More than 80 per cent of South Africa's medical doctors are refusing to perform abortions, following the legalisation of abortion at the beginning of this month.
21 February 1997
Uganda's Vice-President, Dr Specioza Windira Kazibwe, has criticised an Anglican bishop for urging the Government to hold peace talks with armed rebels in northern Uganda.P Addressing a crowd in the town of Kitgum on 9 February, the Vice-President described the leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, and his supporters as "killers, rapists and people who had devastated the economy". The LRA is terrorising the towns and villages of northern Uganda, killing hundreds of people and abducting teenagers to force them to become guerrillas in the struggle for control of the region.
14 February 1997
Further to calls by the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya for an extension to the 31st January deadline for the issue of new generation identity cards, the President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, has extended the deadline by a month. President Moi made the announcement on 30th January stating that he had made the extension after having considered the difficulties many Kenyans have had to get the new cards.
14 February 1997
The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya have renewed their calls for constitutional reforms before the next General Elections scheduled for later this year.
31 January 1997
Torn by the remnants of civil war between rival rebel groups, Liberia remains an unstable and dangerous country, but the return of Bishop Edward Neufville, the Anglican diocesan bishop in January marked a significant step toward reestablishing normal life for the country's Anglican churches.
27 January 1997
Last month, the Rt Revd Samuel Elenwo, Bishop of Niger Delta North, was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted burglary at his official residence in Port Harcourt.
27 January 1997
The Most Revd David Gitari was enthroned last Sunday (12 January) at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, and becomes Primate of the Anglican Church in Kenya and Bishop of Nairobi. The Revd Canon John L Peterson represented the ACC at the enthronement.
17 January 1997
The Rt Revd Samuel Elenwo, Bishop of Niger Delta North, was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted burglary at his official residence in Port Harcourt just before Christmas.
17 January 1997