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South Sudanese church leaders continued to amplify hope for their country, as the people quietly marked the 8th Independence Day, without an official government celebration.
The world’s newest nation which became an independent state on 9 July 2011, is facing enormous challenges including insecurity, economic stagnation and famine due to a new conflict.

A wave of change is blowing at the All Africa Conference of Churches, as the African ecumenical body implements a new five-year strategic plan. In an ambitious six pillar road map, the grouping of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and indigenous churches has unveiled completely new areas of work, as it moves to inject new energy into older programmes. At the core of the strategy is effectiveness, efficiency and reliability for the ecumenical body, which is keen to deliver on its prophetic mission.

Un vent de changement souffle sur la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique (CETA) avec la mise en œuvre d’un nouveau plan stratégique quinquennal.
Dans une ambitieuse feuille de route en six points, ce regroupement d’Églises protestantes, anglicanes, orthodoxes et autochtones a dévoilé des axes de travail totalement nouveaux en vue d’insuffler une énergie nouvelle aux programmes existants. Au cœur de la stratégie: l’efficacité, l’efficience et la fiabilité de l’instance œcuménique, soucieuse de s’acquitter de sa mission prophétique.

More than 100,000 people are still stranded from massive flooding caused by a devastating cyclone and heavy rainfall in Mozambique and neighbouring southeastern African countries. As the numbers of victims and people displaced are still unfolding, churches in the region are calling everyone to join in prayers for the wellbeing and protection of those affected.

Plus de 100 000 personnes sont toujours bloquées par les inondations généralisées provoquées par un cyclone destructeur et d’abondantes précipitations au Mozambique et dans les pays voisins d’Afrique du Sud-Est. Alors que le nombre de victimes et de personnes déplacées ne cesse d’augmenter, les Églises de la région en appellent à chacun et chacune à s’unir dans la prière pour le bien-être et la protection des personnes touchées.

Women in Liberia participated in the Thursdays in Black campaign by staging a peaceful demonstration in the streets of Margibi County against the growing waves of violence against women and girls.

As a result of a consultation on 9-10 November in Washington, D.C., Pan African Women of Faith have released a Call to Action toward a vision of sustainable communities and an end to hunger and poverty.

A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Germany is visiting the WCC on 26-27 October for an ecumenical learning experience that includes prayers with students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, an introduction and overview of the work of the WCC, a meeting with the Lutheran World Federation, and a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre.

As churches worldwide focus on the “Action Week for Food” in October, increasing numbers of people going hungry due to violent conflicts, failed harvests and rising food costs are compelling faith-based organizations to offer urgent intervention.

Speaking in Lviv, Ukraine on 30 August, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri presented a paper on ”Women and Ecumenical Engagement for Peace in South Sudan,” reflecting on the experiences of a Pilgrim Team visit by the WCC in May 2018.

In a plenary presentation given at the 11th All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda, on 5 July, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Isabel Apawo Phiri offered “An Overview on the Imperative of Diakonia for the Church.”

Dans une présentation plénière donnée lors de la 11e Assemblée de la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique (CETA) à Kigali, au Rwanda, le 5 juillet dernier, la secrétaire générale adjointe du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), Isabel Apawo Phiri, a donné «Une vue d’ensemble de l’impératif de la diaconie pour l’Église».

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.

Isabel Apawo Phiri, secrétaire générale adjointe du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a présenté un important discours sur la diaconie œcuménique à l’occasion de la conférence sur la diaconie et le développement en Afrique.

If the human spirit and likeness of God's will for peace with justice for all people is alive in the world, the pilgrim team that visited South Sudan this week has witnessed it. From 5-9 May, a World Council of Churches “Pilgrim Team” visited South Sudan under the theme “African Women of Faith and Gender Justice.” The delegation was hosted by the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC).

S’il se trouve dans le monde quelque chose comme l’esprit d’humanité et qui évoque la volonté de Dieu en faveur de la paix et de la justice pour tous, alors l’équipe des pèlerins qui s’est rendue au Soudan du Sud cette semaine l’a rencontré.

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.

Autour de la Conférence mondiale sur la mission et l’évangélisation (CME), plusieurs expositions ont été présentées par différents groupes et individus, avec des étals d’articles colorés à vendre: sacs, vêtements traditionnels, chaussures, bijoux et art.