by Sean Reilly | Aug 28, 2008
A number of key African civil society organisations have come together with church development campaigners, to demand billions in compensation from rich countries for the impacts of global warming. The demand comes at the close of the United Nations climate change...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 24, 2008
The Rev Joaquina Filipe Nhanala was elected on 23 July 2008 as the first female United Methodist bishop in Africa, reports UMNS. Nhanala, aged 51, the pastor of Matola United Methodist Church in Mozambique, was elected during the 22-24 July 2008 meeting of the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
A senior United Nations official in Burundi has pledged the support of the global body to the peace work of churches and other civic and religious bodies, paying a tribute to their efforts to stabilise the country after more than 10 years of war – writes...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
As part of a global coalition of church bodies, the UK international development agency Christian Aid is working with the United Nations to assess the needs of the people of East Africa’s Great Lakes region after it was struck by a major earthquake leaving 39...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
Regional and international staff working for major church agencies involved in the region are consulting about relief interventions in the immediate aftermath of a series of quakes in Africa’s Great Lakes area. Initial reports from news and development agencies...