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Conflict has ingrained itself in the people of Mozambique for many decades from the days of Portuguese colonial rule, to the ensuing civil war which only ended this century, and now Daesh along with the unseen enemy of COVID-19. So, the churches have their hands full as peacemakers.

In a joint letter, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance urged the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, to protect lives, property and livelihoods from increasing violence in the country.

In a joint letter to church leaders in Burundi, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches expressed solidarity as the nation prepares for its 20 May elections.

The last of three capacity-building seminars on Human Resources and Church Leadership for Diakonia and Development took place in Maputo, Mozambique, 18-20 June. This most recent seminar was for Portuguese speakers in Africa, with participants coming mainly from Angola and Mozambique. The first two seminars - for French and English speakers respectively - were held in May in Cotonou, Bénin, and Nairobi, Kenya.

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.

A consultation in Arusha, Tanzania, has issued a communique entitled “Sustainable Peace in Burundi.” The meeting, organized by the World Council of Churches and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, drew together Burundian religious leaders on 18-19 October.

Como resultado de una consulta celebrada en Arusha (Tanzania), se ha publicado un comunicado titulado "La paz sostenible en Burundi". La consulta, organizada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Prevención del Genocidio y la Responsabilidad de Proteger, reunió a los líderes religiosos burundeses del 18 al 19 de octubre.

Forty years after the Soweto uprising, leaders of churches in conflict-torn countries gathered in South Africa to study the ways of peace and reconciliation.

“Statelessness renders people’s vulnerability to abuse and to denial of their rights invisible to national authorities. In this sense the right to a nationality is a threshold issue for access to protection of all other human rights - almost a 'right to have rights'”, said Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), following a regional training workshop on birth registration and gender discriminatory nationality laws in Africa, organized by the WCC in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11–13 May.

“La apatridia hace que la vulnerabilidad de las personas a los abusos y la denegación de sus derechos sea invisible para las autoridades nacionales. En este sentido, el derecho a una nacionalidad es primordial para el acceso a la protección de todos los otros derechos humanos, se trata casi de un ‘derecho a tener derechos’”, dijo Peter Prove, director de la Comisión de las Iglesias sobre Asuntos Internacionales del CMI, tras un taller regional de capacitación sobre el registro de nacimientos y las leyes de nacionalidad discriminatorias por motivos de género en África, organizado por el CMI en Addis Abeba (Etiopía) del 11 al 13 de mayo.

The African continent bears witness to the tragic consequences of the manipulation of religion to incite violence. Yet it is also the home of untold instances of the power of religious leaders and actors to exert a positive influence, said panellists at an international meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today.

During a solidarity visit to Burundi 1-4 March, the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches sent a “Peace Message” urging all parties in Burundi to promote national unity, healing and reconciliation.

Durante una visita solidaria a Burundi del 1 al 4 de marzo, el CMI y la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda África enviaron un “Mensaje de paz” en el que instan a todas las partes en Burundi a promover la unidad nacional, la sanación y la reconciliación.

The World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches have come together in expressing grave concern for the people of Burundi in a situation of extreme tension and escalating human rights violations.

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.