Anglican archbishops appeal to UN over violence in Zimbabwe

by | May 29, 2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Cape Town have spoken to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for help for churches in Zimbabwe as well as mediation and monitoring to ensure a free and fair presidential run-off, and...

South African church leader expresses dismay at xenophobia

by | May 29, 2008

The head of Africa’s biggest church grouping says he is hurt and tormented by a wave of attacks against foreigners in South Africa that have claimed the lives of at least 50 people, causing self-revulsion in a nation that once prided itself for post-apartheid...

Zimbabwean authorities ban open air prayer meetings

by | May 28, 2008

After police invoked security laws to ban open-air prayer meetings in some parts of the country, a Zimbabwean church group has said that freedom to worship in the southern African country is being infringed in the weeks before a presidential election run-off in June....

Catholic leaders sceptical about Zimbabwe election run-off

by | May 14, 2008

The run-off in the Zimbabwean presidential election will not be credible without an immediate end to intimidation, violence and torture and deployment of reliable international election observers, the Catholic Church in the region has said. “Out of concern for...