World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended warmest congratulations to His Holiness Abune Kerlos I, Patriarch of Eritrea upon his election as the fifth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church.
Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) und das ACT-Bündnis haben in einem gemeinsamen Brief an den Präsidenten von Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, ihre große Sorge angesichts der Entwicklungen im Land zum Ausdruck gebracht, durch die die Sicherheit und die Menschenrechte vieler Menschen gefährdet seien.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the ACT Alliance, in a joint letter to Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, expressed concern for developments affecting the secu-rity and human rights of many of the nation’s people.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso, in the small town of Silgadji near Djibo, the capital of Soum province.
“The prospect for a religion-based approach to peace-making has a great potential in sub-Saharan Africa,” Dr Yacob Tesfai said presenting his new book Holy Warriors, Infidels and Peacemakers in Africa.