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Accra diocese launches 'customised' Bible

The Anglican Diocese of Accra, Church of the Province of West Africa, on Saturday, launched a customised Bible, comprising the history and Parishes under the Accra Diocese.

30 June 2014

Christian Aid responds to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

Christian Aid is responding to an outbreak of deadly Ebola, that started in Guinea in March and has now crossed the border into Sierra Leone

02 June 2014

Cameroonian bishop spices up Easter for St Wilfrid's school in Haywards Heath

The children of St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School in Haywards Heath had their Easter spiced up when bishop Dibo from Cameroon came to visit today.

25 April 2014

West Africa: Metropolitan Archbishop becomes Primate

The surviving Metropolitan Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa has been elevated to become its 10th Primate. 

28 February 2014

Late Archbishop Tilewa Johnson Laid to Rest

Thousands of mourners converged on the Independence Stadium in Bakau on Friday to pay their last respects to Archbishop S. Tilewa Johnson. 

25 February 2014

Anglican Communion invited to West Africa Primate's funeral live online

Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to watch the funeral and requiem mass which is being streamed live on Friday 21 February from The Gambia.

10 February 2014

West Africa announces Primate's funeral arrangements

The funeral for the Primate of West Africa will take place at the end of February, the Province has announced today.

28 January 2014

More Anglican Communion leaders pay tribute to the West Africa Primate

More senior figures from around the Anglican Communion have been expressing their sadness at the death of Abp S. Tilewa Johnson.

23 January 2014

Anglican Communion shocked by West Africa Primate's sudden death

The Anglican Communion is reeling at reports that the Primate of The Church of the Province of West Africa died suddenly yesterday.

22 January 2014

Anglican agricultural University College opens in Ghana

The Anglican University College of Technology has inaugurated its premier campus at Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region to mark its operations.

29 October 2013