Archive
Nigeria: Anglican Communion Frowns at Same Sex Marriage
VANGUARD – DIOCESE of Ijebu South/West, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion has frowned at calls for the recognition of same sex marriage, saying that there should be no compromise with
Zimbabwe: Churches March for Peace
By Prosper Dembedza (THE HERALD) WORSHIPPERS from different churches yesterday held a peace awareness campaign in Mhondoro ahead of the country’s watershed harmonised elections this year. The event, one of
Ghana: Assemblies of God Hails Mahama’s Galamsey Task Force
(THE CHRONICLE) The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Rev. Dr. Paul Frimpong Manso, has hailed President John Dramani Mahama for his recent appointment of a five-member inter-ministerial
Iran’s Christians facing ‘systematic persecution’
TEHRAN (BP) — Iran’s treatment of its Christian minority has come under fresh scrutiny in recent months with some harsh reports on the country’s human rights record. Reports from the
US Supreme Court takes up major prayer case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a prayer case that could have a major impact on the intersection between church and state and finally
Mokhtar Belmokhtar ‘masterminded’ Niger suicide bombs
Militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar masterminded the two suicide bombs in Niger on Thursday, reports say. Mr Belmokhtar is said to have “supervised” the bombings, according to Mauritanian news agency Alakhbar.
Tanzania Mtwara gas riots: ‘Pregnant woman killed’
A pregnant woman has been shot dead in Tanzania during a security operation after protests in Mtwara, a journalist in the southern town has told the BBC. The security forces
Nigerian army ‘destroys’ Boko Haram camps in north-east
The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of well-equipped camps used by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the north-east of Nigeria. Senior officer Chris Olukolade revealed
Financial, family woes of Winnie Mandela, South Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’
By Nkepile Mabuse, Johannesburg (CNN) — “This shouldn’t be happening” — these were the words of a visibly nervous and frustrated sheriff of the court as he rang the outside
Bishops: Nigeria ‘totters on the brink’
Nigeria, the world’s seventh most populous nation, “now almost totters on the brink” of disaster, the nation’s bishops warned in a statement entitled “To Rescue Nigeria from Collapse.” “What started
