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As election polls closed in Zimbabwe on 31 July, and people awaited announcements of results, reports on the ground were indicating that, although peace was holding, the situation is tense.

When Zimbabwe holds general elections on 30 July, the turnout at the polls will most likely be – at least somewhat – affected by the IprayIvote-web and social media campaign, which was launched by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches on 30 January this year, exactly six months prior to the election.

In November last year the 37-year rule of President Robert Mugabe came to an end. Two months later, the mood among Zimbabweans can be described as cautiously optimistic and there is a sense of hope for a better future. General elections are scheduled in July, which will determine the political direction of this once prosperous country.

Der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen hat bei seiner Tagung in Amman Programmpläne und Haushalt für 2018 genehmigt und die Erneuerung des ÖRK-Strategieplans vorbereitet. Weiterhin hat der Exekutivausschuss sich über die besondere Situation in Jordanien und dem Nahen Osten informiert und auf dieser Grundlage Perspektiven für das weitere Engagement des ÖRK in Palästina und Israel entwickelt. Diskutiert wurden in diesem Zusammenhang insbesondere die Herausforderungen, vor denen die Kirchen stehen, sowie mögliche Maßnahmen des ÖRK. Willkommen geheißen wurde das Leitungsgremium durch den Patriarchen der Heiligen Stadt Jerusalem und ganz Palästinas und der Gebiete jenseits des Jordans, Theophilus III.

The WCC Executive Committee met in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November to approve the 2018 plan and budget and prepare for renewal of the WCC strategic plan. The Executive Committee also discerned the way forward for the WCC’s involvement in Palestine and Israel by learning more about the particular situation in Jordan and the Middle East, then discussing the challenges of the churches and the WCC response. The Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, All Palestine and Jordan, Theophilos III, welcomed the group.

Anlässlich des Rücktritts von Robert Mugabe nach 37 Jahren im Amt hat der ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss eine Erklärung zur Situation in Simbabwe abgegeben.

At its meeting in Amman, Jordan, the WCC Executive Committee issued a “Minute on the situation in Zimbabwe” as developments in Zimbabwe have led to the resignation of President Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power.

Für den Vorsitzenden des Südsudanesischen Kirchenrates (SSCC) ist das Land von Trauma und Hoffnungslosigkeit geprägt, und die einzige Institution, die momentan Hoffnung bieten kann, ist die Kirche.

For the general overseer of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) there is trauma and hopelessness in his country, and the only institution that can offer hope at the moment is the church. “We are experiencing levels of violence we have never seen before,” says the bishop. “I talk as a church person, as a person who is involved in the situation every day, listening and hearing from both sides and the ordinary person in the street,” says quiet-spoken Dau, whose words carry a poignant power.

Die Gesamtafrikanische Kirchenkonferenz (AACC) hat Christen und Christinnen in Afrika und weltweit aufgerufen, am Sonntag, dem 25. Januar, einen Gebets- und Fastentag für Simbabwe einzuhalten.

The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has called on Christians in Africa and in the worldwide ecumenical family to observe a day of prayer and fasting in solidarity with Zimbabwe on Sunday, 25 January.

The AACC Assembly adopted a statement of concern on Thursday 11 December on the crisis in Zimbabwe, expressing displeasure that "President Mugabe is using power-sharing negotiations as a strategy for wasting time" while "acts of violence continue to be committed against those who do not support ZANU-PF", Mugabe's ruling party. The will of the Zimbabwe people as expressed in March 2008 elections has been thwarted, the Assembly said, and international leaders and churches "have failed to bring about an amicable solution".

Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer the sermon at the assembly's closing service of worship on Friday. The service will culminate in the induction of the Rev. Dr Andre Karamaga as the AACC's new general secretary. Kobia will preach on the first chapter of Joshua in which God promises the new leader, "I will be with you as I was with Moses," and commands him to "be strong, and be courageous!"

Five global ecumenical organizations have called for an effective protection of the right to life, dignity and democracy of the people of Zimbabwe and criticized the stance of the Southern African Development Community on the political deadlock in the country.

Die Stichwahl um das Präsidentenamt in Simbabwe sollte verschoben werden, sagt der junge Generalsekretär der Christlichen Studentenbewegung des Landes, der sich in der Schweiz aufhält, um die Unterstützung der Kirchen bei der Lösung der humanitären Krise in Simbabwe zu gewinnen.