Fredrick Nzwili
HIV-positive Anglican priest in Kenya works to change AIDS response
In a community where AIDS is still viewed as a death sentence, Rahab Wanjiru is working to build an HIV-aware church.
...Yellow is the color of love for Kenyan congregations
In the midst of the rusty shanties of Nairobi’s Kibera slums, the Holy Trinity Anglican Church stands out in bright yellow.
...Jackson Nasoore Ole Sapit elected Kenya Anglican archbishop, succeeds former GAFCON chair Eliud Wabukala
Jackson Nasoore Ole Sapit, a traditionalist Anglican bishop who nonetheless steered clear of sexuality issues, has been elected the new archbishop of Kenya and is being installed on July 3.
...Displacement crisis grows as Boko Haram increases exploitation of girls
Two years after the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants in Chibok, in northeast Nigeria, parents are still hoping their daughters will return home.
...Drought in Africa adds pressure to religious groups, relief organizations
c. 2016 Religion News Service
...UN report details killings, rapes in South Sudan as peace deal is questioned
Churches and mosques have been centers of “searing” human rights abuses in South Sudan, where a civil war has been raging since 2013, according to a United Nations report.
...Human rights group calls for the release of detained Sudanese pastors
c. 2016 Religion News Service
...South Africa's Anglican bishops take first step toward LGBT inclusion
South Africa’s Anglican bishops have taken an initial step toward allowing partnered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in their congregations to be full members.
...Lord’s Resistance Army is reemerging in central Africa, warns Catholic bishop
A senior Roman Catholic bishop in the Central African Republic is warning that the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel force that killed more than 100,000 people in northern Uganda in the 1980s and ’90...
Salah Farah, Muslim Kenyan who shielded Christians in attack, dies
Salah Farah, a Muslim schoolteacher who shielded Christian fellow passengers when their bus was attacked by militants in northern Kenya, died January 18.
...Anglican leaders censure Episcopal Church
The Anglican Communion’s worldwide leaders, finishing up four days of heated discussions in mid-January, sought to project a sense of unity despite a move to exclude the Episcopal Church from key p...
Kenyan clergy protest new government rules
Christian and Muslim leaders are protesting a government plan to regulate religious groups, saying it tramples on religious freedom.
...Ugandan bishop to shun Anglican meeting until 'godly order' is restored
c. 2016 Religion News Service
...Kenyan Muslims protect Christian fellow passengers when militants attack bus
Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya praised a group of Muslims who shielded Christians after gunmen ambushed a passenger bus.
...Despite the odds, one doctor promotes family planning in Muslim Nigeria
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Kenya continues work of re-integrating returning al-Shabaab recruits
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Bible should be at the center of Anglican meeting, global group says
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Proposal to loosen ties in Anglican Communion draws mixed response
A proposal to loosen the ties of the 80-million-member Anglican Communion, currently the world’s third-largest Christian body, drew a variety of reactions.
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