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Se cumplen dieciocho meses desde que estallara el trágico conflicto que asola Sudán del Sur y el CMI y el Consejo de Iglesias de Sudán del Sur siguen pidiendo que se detenga este conflicto sin sentido. Se están violando los derechos humanos en todos los niveles, tanto en las zonas de combate como fuera de ellas. Se están cometiendo asesinatos, violaciones y delitos de tortura. La situación humanitaria se está deteriorando.

Four weeks of negotiations on nuclear weapons came to a close on Friday 22 May, as the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended without a formal agreement. Despite the outcome, a bright new prospect towards a world without nuclear weapons has emerged in the form of a Humanitarian Pledge, now endorsed by 107 states, which promises “to fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons”.

Global health and religious leaders meeting at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva have noted the essential role faith-based organizations play in providing health services.In a consultation entitled: “The future of faith-based health care provision”, participants related some of their experiences in responding to the global Ebola crisis.

At the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Lesotho Evangelical Church, a WCC member church, WCC’s associate general secretary Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri expressed her deep admiration for its missionary legacy and its “clear witness for God”.

The World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches have expressed their profound concern over reports of widespread and violent demonstrations in the nation of Burundi. The fellowship of churches represented by these bodies is alarmed at the recent violent clashes in relation to forthcoming presidential elections.

El CMI y la Conferencia de Iglesias de toda África (AACC) han expresado su profunda preocupación por las recientes noticias de manifestaciones violentas generalizadas en la nación de Burundi.

As the tragic situation of conflict in South Sudan moves into its 17th month, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites its member churches to a special day of prayer on Sunday, 10 May, for those affected by the South Sudanese conflict, for the revival of fruitful peace talks, and for new ways ahead.

Cuando Sudán del Sur cumple su decimoséptimo mes sumido en un trágico conflicto, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) invita a sus iglesias miembros a observar un día especial de oración, el domingo 10 de mayo, por las víctimas de ese conflicto, la reactivación de unas negociaciones de paz fructíferas y nuevas formas de salir adelante.

A prayer service paying tribute to the Ethiopian Christians killed by the Islamic State last week was organized in Geneva, Switzerland, by the WCC and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

The WCC has taken a clear stand against recent violent attacks against migrants in South Africa, reaffirming churches’ positions against racist, ethnocentrist and xenophobic acts of violence.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha adoptado una postura clara con respecto a los recientes ataques contra migrantes en Sudáfrica, reafirmando la posición de las iglesias contra el racismo, el etnocentrismo y los actos de violencia xenófoba.

WCC member churches in Nigeria, represented through the Christian Council of Nigeria, have been actively engaged in observing the recent Nigerian elections, continuing its stated conviction that effective participation of Nigerians in the processes of governance is very important in shaping the nation’s future.

Las iglesias miembros del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) de Nigeria, representadas por el Consejo Cristiano de Nigeria (CCN), han participado activamente como observadoras en las elecciones celebradas recientemente en Nigeria, de acuerdo con su convicción expresa de que la participación efectiva de los nigerianos en los procesos de gobernabilidad es crucial en la configuración del futuro de la nación.

In a solidarity letter to Abune Mathias, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, a member church of the WCC, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC general secretary expressed deep shock over the recent killing of more than 20 Ethiopian Christians in Libya by the so called Islamic State.

En una carta de solidaridad dirigida al abuna Matías, patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Tewahedo de Etiopía, una de las iglesias miembros del CMI, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del CMI, ha expresado su profunda conmoción por las recientes matanzas de más de veinte cristianos etíopes en Libia perpetradas por el Estado Islámico.

The WCC in collaboration with the South Sudan Council of Churches convened church leaders for a special consultation on the South Sudan Peace Process in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

En colaboración con el Consejo de Iglesias de Sudán del Sur, el CMI celebró una consulta especial sobre el proceso de paz de Sudán del Sur con la participación de los líderes de las iglesias el 14 y el 15 de abril en Addis Abeba (Etiopía).

The primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Rev. Dr Eliud Wabukala, in his message for Good Friday called for unity in order to defeat the terrorist threat faced by the country.

The newly chosen general secretary of the Anglican Communion, Rev. Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the bishop of Kaduna in Nigeria, has served on the WCC Central Committee and has worked with the Council on interfaith dialogue.

The WCC has strongly condemned the terror attack yesterday on the campus of Garissa University in North East Kenya. A statement issued on 3 April from the WCC headquarters in Geneva has expressed grave concern over the recent reports from Kenya with nearly 150 people massacred – including the guards protecting the campus – and almost 80 others left wounded by al-Shabaab extremists, who reportedly explicitly targeted Christian students on the basis of their faith.