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„Steuergerechtigkeit ist eine Sache des Glaubens“, sagte Suzanne Matale. „Der Glaube gibt [allen] Menschen das Recht auf ein Leben in Fülle. Auch gewöhnliche Menschen haben das Recht, informiert zu werden und einen Platz an den Verhandlungstischen zu bekommen, an denen Entscheidungen getroffen werden, die unsere von Gott gegebene Würde betreffen.“

“Tax justice is a matter of faith,” said Suzanne Matale. “By faith, [all] are entitled to abundant life. Ordinary people have a right to know and to participate in decision-making tables that affect our own God-given dignity.”

Anglican bishops across the world have signed a petition calling for an immediate halt to oil drilling in the Kavango Basin, Namibia, by Canadian Company ReConAfrica.

“Multinational corporations have to pay their fair share of taxes or else we will have dug out all our copper and left a great hole in the ground for nothing”, stated Rev. Dr Suzanne Matale, from Zambia, during a workshop on just taxation and reparations held in Durban, South Africa, 16-20 March.

In advance of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) assembly, its members reflected on the economic and spiritual challenges in the nation last week.

Three weeks have now passed since this year’s edition of the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden was wrapped up and delegates from all over the world headed home, inspired to “float” the issues, as the WCC Ecumenical Water Network chairperson, Bishop Arnold Temple from Sierra Leone, put it.

As part of their work to care for creation, Kenyan church leaders are backing a government effort to restore the Mau Forest, a vital ecosystem in the Rift Valley region.

Die beigeordnete Generalsekretärin des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Isabel Apawo Phiri hat einen Gastvortrag zum Thema ökumenische Diakonie bei der Afrikanischen Konferenz für Diakonie und Entwicklung gehalten.

World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Isabel Apawo Phiri offered a keynote speech on ecumenical diakonia during the Africa Diaconia and Development Conference.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, sprach auf der 11. Vollversammlung der Gesamtafrikanischen Kirchenkonferenz (AACC), die vom 1. bis 7. Juli in Kigali (Ruanda) stattfindet, über „Die Einheit der ökumenischen Bewegung“.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke on “The Oneness of the Ecumenical Movement” at the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) 11th General Assembly, being held in Kigali, Rwanda from 1-7 July.

Am Rande der Konferenz für Weltmission und Evangelisation (CWME) gab es zahlreiche Ausstellungen von verschiedenen Gruppen und Einzelpersonen und es wurden allerhand farbenfrohe Gegenstände zum Verkauf angebote. Verschiedene Unternehmen boten Touren zu Touristenzielen und Sehenswürdigkeiten in Tansania feil, Banken waren auf der Suche nach neuen Kunden und Buchhandlungen zeigten ihr Angebot. Dieser Marktplatz, auch „Sokoni“ genannt, wurde zu einer Gelegenheit für religiöse und zivilgesellschaftliche Institutionen und Organisationen in den lokalen Gemeinwesen zu zeigen, was sie alles tun, um die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen in ihrem Umfeld zu verbessern.

The marketplace - also referred to as a “sokoni" - became an opportunity for faith and community-based institutions to share what they do to improve the lives of people around them.

This week world leaders are gathered in Davos under the very theme of “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”. They do so at a time when we see poverty amongst plenty; hunger and thirst in the midst of abundance; shocking disparities in the quality of life between neighboring communities: real problems that the world has the potential and the possibilities to resolve.

The huge impacts of businesses on the communities in which they operate often bring benefits, but companies can disregard and even harm people’s rights in pursuit of economic gain. The WCC, ACT Alliance and the Lutheran World Federation hosted a side event at the 6th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva on 28 November, in this context.

The first ever WCC Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 24 July to 3 August, hosted by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Blantyre Synod. Applications are now open with a deadline of 11 June (deadline extended).

Joining efforts to explore how to move from dependency on fossil fuel to a sustainable future, faith representatives gathered at the Indonesian Pavilion at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco on 8 November, for an event hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

As the El Nino weather pattern challenges southern Africa, what is the role of churches in helping people realize their right to food and livelihood?

Klimatisch verursachte Verluste und Schäden gehören für die glaubensgestützten Gruppen zu den wichtigsten Anliegen während der COP 21. Anlässlich einer Diskussionsrunde und einer Demonstration Anfang Dezember wurden zahlreiche Facetten dieser Thematik beleuchtet.