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A three-day workshop facilitated in Jos, Nigeria by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in partnership with the Christian Council of Nigeria trained religious leaders, humanitarian workers and government officials on how to provide support for migrants who are vulnerable to HIV.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) coorganizará un seminario titulado “Abordar los riesgos y la vulnerabilidad al VIH en migrantes, refugiados y desplazados internos”, del 1 al 5 de marzo en Jos (Nigeria).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will co-host a workshop on “Addressing Risks and Vulnerability to HIV for Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced People” from 1-5 March in Jos, Nigeria.

Damaris, a Nigerian woman, described her experience of 2020: “We’ve gone through hell.”

Damaris and her sisters were kidnapped in March 2020 and threatened with death as their kidnappers demanded money. Her father had to sell everything and beg on the streets to meet their demands. “We are just a common people in Nigeria,” she said. “We don’t know what we did.”

A webinar hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 26 November will explore “Conflict Zones and Covid-19: A call to compassion.” Speakers from Cameroon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Lebanon, Belarus and Colombia will offer their insights on how conflict exacerbates the conditions for contracting and treating COVID-19 among civilians caught in the crossfire, especially women.

The World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca condemned the violence in Nigeria in a statement on 22 October and offered condolences to those who have lost loved ones.

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is experiencing concurrent crises this year, and the World Council of Churches (WCC) has reached out to churches there with expressions of support and solidarity.

Nigeria, la nación más poblada de África, sufre este año varias crisis simultáneas, y el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha dirigido a las iglesias de ese país mensajes de apoyo y solidaridad.

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation with an estimated 210 million people, has a distinctive mix of people with almost equal numbers of Christians and Muslims, most of whom get on, living their normal lives intertwined in peace, except when terror strikes.

Africa is of huge concern around the novel coronavirus pandemic for the World Health Organization (WHO), but the continent’s churches have been preparing for the silent and lethal virus for some time.

África es una gran preocupación para la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en el contexto de la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus, pero las iglesias del continente llevan tiempo preparándose para la llegada del virus silencioso y letal.

“The church has lots of roles in removing barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from living a fulfilled life. All are created in the image of God and have equal rights. Sexual and reproductive health is one such right that should not be denied to any woman,” said Rev. Evans Onyemara, general secretary of the Christian Council of Nigeria during a training on empowering women with disabilities on sexual and reproductive health care held at Umuahia, Nigeria from 9-11 March.

In a joint appeal to Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation expressed grief at the continuing violence in Nigeria and urged the Nigerian government to better protect the people.

En un llamado conjunto al presidente nigeriano Muhammadu Buhari, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y la Federación Luterana Mundial expresaron su pesar por la continua violencia en Nigeria e instaron al gobierno nigeriano a proteger mejor a la población.

Upon hearing news that Church of the Brethren leader Lawan Andimi was executed by Boko Haram on 20 January, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned the brutal act of violence and expressed his sincere condolences to Rev. Andimi's family, community and church.

Al enterarse de la noticia de que el líder de la Iglesia de los Hermanos en Nigeria, Lawan Andimi, fue ejecutado por Boko Haram el 20 de enero, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, condenó el brutal acto de violencia y expresó sus sinceras condolencias a la familia, la comunidad y la iglesia del Rev. Andimi.

Young African clergy, theologians and laypersons are eager to engage with the challenging issues facing their continent and the world. This became clear in a recent essay competition for authors below 35 years by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in partnership with the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC).

Numerosos jóvenes clérigos, teólogos y laicos africanos están dispuestos a comprometerse para afrontar los profundos desafíos a los que se enfrenta su continente y el mundo. Esto se puso de manifiesto en un reciente concurso de ensayos para autores menores de 35 años organizado por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en colaboración con la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC).

Two workshops in Nigeria and Tanzania organized by local church councils in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC), All Africa Conference of Churches, and UNICEF consolidated the partnership on ending sexual violence against children.