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More than 70 African ecumenical leaders will take part in training seminars for diakonia and development, improving human resource development capacities of churches across all regions of the continent.

Plus de 70 personnalités œcuméniques africaines participeront à des séminaires de formation sur la diaconie et le développement afin de renforcer les capacités des Églises de tout le continent en matière de développement des ressources humaines.

The World Council of Churches invites media to attend a lunchtime discussion of the impact of Cyclone Idai on Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The meeting will take place on Friday, April 5 from 12:30-14:00 in Archives of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

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.

World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches across the globe are participating in a campaign to end violence in schools, an effort that is part of a larger partnership, called “Churches’ Commitments to Children,” between the WCC and UNICEF.

The WCC is mourning the death of Calle Almedal, a great friend of WCC and of all faith communities, as well as a pioneer in the field of HIV. Almedal passed away on 7 June.

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 research report released 3 August tells the story of small farmers in Mozambique who are ad-versely impacted by large-scale, foreign agricultural investments - and the alternative, ecumeni-cal vision of life-giving agriculture.

The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa is currently striving to revive and enhance its missional identity with its core aspect being a church for Africa, said DRC general secretary Dr Gustav Claassen.

L’Église réformée hollandaise d’Afrique du Sud (en afrikaans Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, ou NGK) s’évertue actuellement à revitaliser et à renforcer son identité missionnaire, en faisant principalement valoir son statut d’Église pour l’Afrique. Tel est le message transmis par le secrétaire général de la NGK, Gustav Claassen, à l’occasion d’une réunion de la Commission de Foi et constitution du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) qui s’est déroulée du 15 au 22 juin non loin de Pretoria, en Afrique du Sud, à l’invitation de la NGK.

More than 130 theological educators from southern Africa met at the Association of Theological Institutions in Southern Africa Conference at the University of Zimbabwe, 18-22 July.

The WCC general secretary extended condolences on the death of Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat, former moderator of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA).

Recent developments in the global finance sector are imperilling food production and the vision for life-enhancing agriculture, say economists in a two-year study.

A workshop in Mozambique examined the connections between finance on the one hand and food and land on the other. Titled “From the Financialization of Food to Life-giving Agriculture,” the workshop took place in Maputo from 7-11 December. It was organized by the WCC together with Bread for All and was hosted by the Christian Council of Mozambique.

Blantyre Synod is the component part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) for the southern region of Malawi. The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the Blantyre Synod to the ecumenical fellowship in July at the WCC Central Committee meeting. Rev. Alex Benson Maulana, general secretary of the Blantyre Synod, spoke to WCC news about why the synod has joined WCC.

Le Synode de Blantyre est l’élément constitutif de l’Église presbytérienne d’Afrique centrale pour le sud du Malawi. Le COE a accueilli le Synode de Blantyre au sein de la communion œcuménique en juillet, pendant la session du Comité central du COE. Le pasteur Alex Benson Maulana, secrétaire général du Synode de Blantyre, a évoqué avec les Nouvelles du COE les raisons de l’entrée du Synode au sein du COE.

Getting more people tested and treated for HIV, caring for the sick, helping people understand how to care for themselves —these are the tasks of faith-based organizations (FBOs) helping people with HIV in local communities.