January 5, 2009 AIDS is not a punishment from God, says African archbishop

Faith leaders “should shout from the rooftops that AIDS is not a punishment from God but a medical condition which is preventable,” the former leader of South Africa’s Anglican church, Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, has told the World AIDS campaign.

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January 5, 2009 Temba House provides hope in world of AIDS

When Lulu Boxoza started Temba Community Development Services in Mthantha, South Africa in 1999, she thought she would be involved in poverty alleviation, but people were so overwhelmed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic that her group...

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December 1, 2008 Brutality continues in Goma, Congo

Christian emergency response organizations have expressed alarm at a deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province and about brutalities innocent civilians are facing in a potential humanitarian catastrophe.

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December 1, 2008 He gave voice to oppressed

The bishop of Harare, Sebastian Bakare, has received a Swedish human rights prize for “having given voice to the fight against oppression,” and for his work in promoting freedom of speech and opinion “in a difficult political situation.”

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November 28, 2008 North America contributes to root causes of food crisis, says forum

Did you know that the same amount of corn that produces enough ethanol to fill the fuel tank of an SUV would feed a Mexican for a year?

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November 5, 2008 Obama win is good for Africa, Kenyan church leaders say

Kenyan church leaders have hailed the election on Nov. 4 of Sen. Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America, saying it is a positive turn for Africa that can help steer good governance on the continent.

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October 14, 2008 Lutheran Nobel laureate Ahtisaari praised for role in Namibia's independence

The general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation has praised the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Martti Ahtisaari, for his work in conflict resolution and bringing independence to the southern African nation of Namibia in 1990

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October 1, 2008 Bishop David Beetge, champion of the poor, dies in South Africa

Bishop David Beetge of the diocese of Highveld, South Africa, who championed the cause of the poor and the victims of HIV/AIDS, died Sept. 27. He was 59.

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September 9, 2008 African churches’ leader undergoes HIV test to encourage others

The general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, Rev. Mvume Dandala, is encouraging mass voluntary testing for HIV by undergoing a personal test for the virus, and he has encouraged other religious leaders to do the same.

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September 5, 2008 Freak hailstorm in tropical Kenya 'a foretaste' of climate change, says ecologist and theologian

Unusual weather conditions that led to a blanket of hail resembling snow falling on the Nyahururu area in central Kenya are the result of the plunder and pollution of the planet, says a Kenyan theologian and ecologist.

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