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Archbishop calls for end to violence in South Sudan

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has issued an impassioned appeal for the leaders in South Sudan to cease hostilities immediately and accept mediation.

12 July 2016

Gambella: life returning to normal

Life in the Gambella region of southern Ethiopia is getting back to normal after a recent surge in tribal tensions. Bishop Grant LeMarquand, an area bishop in the diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, says that “buses have started running, banks and shops are open again” but he asks for continued prayers for the region.

09 February 2016

Church of Ireland marks Easter Rising centenary

The centenary of the Easter Rising – an armed insurrection by republicans seeking an end to British rule in Ireland that would eventually lead to the formation of an independent Ireland – will be marked by the Church of Ireland with an evening of presentations and discussion at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.

08 February 2016

Anglican human shields in Ethiopian conflict

Anglicans in Ethiopia are asking for prayer following an increase in tribal tensions between the Nuer and Anyuak ethnic groups. Local Anglicans have acted as human shields by escorting students from one tribe through the territory of the other, with the support of the security services.

03 February 2016

South Sudan bishops appeal for support as new areas hit by conflict

Bishops from Equatoria, South Sudan, have given harrowing accounts of how recent conflict is affecting local communities and urged the Anglican Alliance and Anglican partners to advocate for relief assistance.

28 January 2016

"I would talk with Boko Haram" says Anglican Communion secretary general

The secretary general of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, told the BBC’s HARDtalk programme that he would be prepared to talk with the leadership of Boko Haram – if their leadership could be identified.

17 December 2015

Vigils held for Burundi as African Union warns of genocide

Coventry Cathedral will take part in a vigil for Burundi tomorrow (Friday) as the African Union warn of an impending genocide in the east African country. And staff at the Anglican Communion Office in London will pause to pray for peace for the troubled country.

17 December 2015

Turning Syria's hopeless despairing and angry young people into Ambassadors for Peace

A Syrian Anglican priest has launched an innovative educational programme which is helping to turn young Syrian adolescents away from their feelings of hopelessness, despair and anger; and into Ambassadors for Peace – who then help to teach younger generations of Syrians.

16 November 2015

Report shines light on secretive practice

On Saturday 17 May, a nine year old Sierra Leonean girl died from complications related to female genital mutilation (FGM).

17 June 2014

WCC general secretary: War in South Sudan must end now

“The senseless war in South Sudan must end now,” said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit

06 May 2014