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  • 5 May 2007
    Archbishop of Canterbury asks Akinola to change US plans

    Accused by critics of acting harshly towards the US Episcopal Church and softly towards those who attack it, Archbishop Rowan Williams has called on anti-gay Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola to refrain from intervening in the America church.

  • 22 Apr 2007
    Nigerian prelate wins peace prize as country faces election chaos

    A leading Nigerian church figure, Sunday Mbang, has won the world Methodist Peace prize. But Nigeria is currently caught up in presidential and parliamentary election violence and disruption.

  • 30 Mar 2007
    Progress halted on same-sex bill in Nigeria

    The progress of a bill in Nigeria that that would impose brutal penalties on shows of affection between lesbian and gay people has been halted in the face of national elections in the country.

  • 28 Mar 2007
    Archbishop of Canterbury says churches must be 'safe' for gays

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that the churches of the Anglican Communion must be safe places for gay and lesbian people.

  • 26 Mar 2007
    Gay Christians appeal to international community over repressive laws

    Gay Christians in Nigeria are urging international action against a new repressive law which is being backed by the Anglican church in the country.

  • 1 Mar 2007
    US church leaders condemn Nigerian anti-gay law

    A law in Nigeria that would impose brutal penalties on shows of affection between lesbian and gay people, or even on those who would advocate for lesbian and gay people, has been condemned by more than 250 Christian leaders from the US.

  • 23 Jan 2007
    Nigerian gay Christian leader receives another death threat

    The often-vituperative argument over sexuality within the 77-million strong Anglican Communion has been thrown into sharp perspective this month (January 2007), when it was revealed that the leader of a group of lesbian and gay Christians in Nigeria has received the latest in a series of death threats.

  • 16 Jan 2007
    No vote, no communion, says Catholic bishop

    A Catholic bishop in Nigeria has instructed parishioners to show they have registered to vote in elections this April or be banned from communion, a newspaper This Day reported on Tuesday.

  • 18 Dec 2006
    Two US Episcopal congregations opt for anti-gay Nigerian oversight

    The future of the 77 million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion was complicated further last night (16 December 2006) with the announcement that two large evangelical congregations in the US have voted to break away from the Episcopal Church, primarily because of its decision three years ago to consecrate a gay bishop, Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.

  • 5 May 2006
    Canadian bishops condemn Nigeria's harsh anti-gay law

    Canada's Anglican bishops have unanimously endorsed a strong resolution expressing "grave concern" about proposed legislation in Nigeria that "would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and assembly of gay and lesbian persons."