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Episcopal Relief and Development aids displaced in Liberia

Episcopal Relief and Development aids displaced in Liberia

Episcopal Relief and Development is providing emergency assistance to the Diocese of Liberia after escalating violence and civil unrest in the country.

03 May 2003

Episcopal Church in Liberia caught in renewed fighting

Episcopal Church in Liberia caught in renewed fighting

As more details filter out of Liberia, the violent confrontation between the government and a coalition of rebels is threatening the nation's institutions - including churches.

31 May 2002

Thousands flee as rebels increase attacks in Liberia

Thousands flee as rebels increase attacks in Liberia

Rebels in Liberia have escalated their attacks and are near the capital of Monrovia, sending thousands of people fleeing into camps outside the city, already crowded with people fleeing fighting in the countryside, according to news reports. 

23 May 2002

Urgent appeal ACNS from Church of the Province of West Africa (Anglican Communion)

Urgent appeal ACNS from Church of the Province of West Africa (Anglican Communion)

This is to let you know that Ghana is currently in a state of national mourning following a tragic incident at a football match in Accra.

16 May 2001

Liberia convention

Liberia convention

The 72nd Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church of Liberia (ECL) was held at the beginning of February. This is the first time since Liberia was torn by civil war that the Convention, hosted by St John's church in Buchanan, has been held outside Montserrado County.

11 March 2000

Rebuilding war-torn Liberia

Rebuilding war-torn Liberia

Liberia is emerging uneasily from a decade of civil war that has had a lasting effect on nearly all this West African country's 3 million inhabitants.

08 March 2000

Bishop Calls for Un Peacekeepers for Sierra Leone

Bishop Calls for Un Peacekeepers for Sierra Leone

The Anglican Bishop of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the Rt Revd Julius Lynch, has called on the British government to press the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to help secure the future of his country.

09 July 1999

Sierra Leone's "Darkest Hour"

Sierra Leone's "Darkest Hour"

Sierra Leone is experiencing its "darkest hour". The future of the West African nation hangs in the balance, declares the Rt Revd Julius O P Lynch, Anglican Bishop of Freetown.

08 March 1999

Cameroon: University Honours Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Cameroon: University Honours Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Yaounde Faculty of Protestant Theology has conferred honorary doctorates to the former Archbishop of Cape Town and now chairman of the South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Most Revd Desmond Tutu and the Revd Jose Chipenda

09 June 1998

Bishop To Chair Electoral Commission

Bishop To Chair Electoral Commission

The Anglican Bishop of Gambia, the Rt Revd Tilewa Johnson has been appointed the chairman of the country's independent Electoral Commission (IEC).

21 July 1997