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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Bishop Justin Nzoyisaba, who was an inspiring leader within the United Methodist Church of Burundi as well as in ecumenical circles.

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.

The Thursdays in Black campaign for a world free from rape and violence has been intensified in Namibia, bringing awareness of the heightened risk of violence against women and children during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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.

Dans une lettre commune aux responsables des Églises du Burundi, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique ont exprimé leur solidarité alors que la nation se prépare à ses élections du 20 mai.

Brought together by the South Sudan Council of Churches, women and men are sharing the pain of many years of war and associated gender-based violence in a series of workshops in Kenya and Burundi.

The Anglican Church of Burundi and Friends Church in Burundi in partnership with World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission have embarked on a three-year journey of mainstreaming disability in their development programmes. This journey, aiming to improve the livelihoods of persons with disabilities in Burundi, began with the launch of a project entitled “Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Church Development Programmes in Burundi” held on 27 February in Bujumbura.

In 2018 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. In order to create a lively firsthand account of the ecumenical fellowship and of our shared journey, member churches have contributed stories of people, events, achievements and even failures, all of which have deepened our collective search for Christian unity. This story was written by Olle Eriksson, a Namibian who worked for 35 years (1968 – 2003) with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Lutheran World Federation.

Les minorités blanches ont gouverné trois pays du sud de l’Afrique pendant de nombreuses années, y compris après l’indépendance de la plupart des anciennes colonies africaines. Des guerres sanglantes et acharnées ont fait rage pendant 20 à 30 ans avant que le Zimbabwe (anciennement Rhodésie) et la Namibie (anciennement Sud-Ouest africain) n’obtiennent leur indépendance en 1980 et 1990 respectivement, ainsi qu’avant la prise de pouvoir de la majorité en Afrique du Sud en 1994.

In a pilgrimage of justice and peace in Burundi on 8-10 November, African women of faith met some of the world’s most pressing problems - poverty, violence and climate change - with faith, hope and action.

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.

Les participant-e-s à une consultation qui se tenait à Arusha (Tanzanie) ont publié un communiqué de presse intitulé «Une paix durable au Burundi». La rencontre, organisée les 18 et 19 octobre par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises et le Bureau de la prévention du génocide et de la responsabilité de protéger des Nations Unies, réunissait des responsables religieux du Burundi.

“We’ve seen in the case of refugees, how the church takes a strong standpoint in welcoming those who have fled. But it isn’t always so easy in the congregations. There are many who feel fear, as we receive not only refugees but sometimes also people of other faiths. In this case, we can see a gap between what the church says, and what is actually lived.”

As the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) gathered for its 12th Assembly in Windhoek, Namibia from 10-16 May, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit presented greetings on behalf of the World Council of Churches, a worldwide fellowship of 348 member churches which represents more than half a billion Christians around the world.

À l’occasion de la douzième Assemblée de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale (FLM) qui se déroule à Windhoek, en Namibie, du 10 au 16 mai, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a adressé un message à la Fédération au nom de la communauté fraternelle.

Almost 800 participants, including 324 delegates, are gathering in Windhoek from 10-16 May for the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the highest LWF decision-making body that meets every six years. World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will address the plenary on 12 May.

“The peace message must be delivered to all the stakeholders, including the opposition," urged Adama Dieng, United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide, during opening remarks at a consultation of church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi opened in Addis Ababa on 23 February.

Forty representatives of national councils of persons with disabilities from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda met in Kigali, Rwanda from 8-11 August to explore ways in which they can promote disability-inclusive development in East Africa.

Quarante personnes représentant les conseils nationaux des personnes handicapées du Burundi, du Kenya, du Rwanda, de Tanzanie et d’Ouganda se sont réunies à Kigali (Rwanda) du 8 au 11 août pour étudier les moyens d'encourager un développement incluant le handicap en Afrique de l’Est.

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.