The entire Anglican Community of Cameroon were shocked to learn about the barbaric attack carried out in the United States of America by the terrorists on September 11, 2001.
Five members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have just spent a week on a pastoral visit to Zimbabwe, a country that is currently experiencing widespread social upheaval. They arrived in the capital, Harare, on 20 May.
The Revd Richard Johnson has closed his church in Arcturus, 20 miles from Harare. No Easter services will be held at the simple whitewashed building because of attacks and threats from gangs who claim loyalty to Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe.
The state of the nation of Zimbabwe is a cause of concern. The War Veterans have invaded farms which are owned by White commercial farmers which has regrettably resulted in the death of people i.e. White and Black.
The President of Botswana, Quett Ketumile Masire, declared September as a month of prayer to mobilise Christians in support of HIV/Aids prevention and care.
In an address on 1 September at the national stadium President Masire said described this initiative as a response to an epidemic of Aids in the landlocked southern African country. It is estimated that 13 per cent of the population - some 180 000 people - are infected with HIV, a virus which leads to the acquired immunity deficiency syndrome (Aids).
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches [ZCC] has replaced its president, Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema, of Harare. Bishop Siyachitema has recently caused controversy in Zimbabwe by publicly criticising homosexuals, but this was not, a ZCC official said, the reason for his replacement.
