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The vision at the heart of the ecumenical movement and the challenges it faces at the beginning of the 21st century in Africa were highlighted by both the outgoing and incoming general secretaries of the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the 8th Assembly of the All Africa Conferences of Churches (AACC) in Yaounde, Cameroon, on 24 November.

The last pastoral visit to churches in Africa by the outgoing general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, will be to Angola.

"All our church traditions are the result of human efforts to witness to the faith in one and the same Lord." That was the view expressed by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser in his sermon at the induction of Bishop Hamilton Mvume Dandala as general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC). The service took place on Sunday 10 August, at the Vista University in Soweto, South Africa.

Two consultations on HIV/AIDS, co-sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC), Caritas Internationalis, and the World Conference on Religion and Peace, and hosted by the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), will be conducted in tandem from May 7-13, 2003, at Nairobi, Kenya.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) are coordinating an international team to observe the Zimbabwean presidential elections taking place 9-10 March 2002. Some members of the 86-person team are already in place to observe election preparations.