Category - Mozambique

Methodist African woman bishop makes history

agency reporter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:33:51 +0100

The Rev Joaquina Filipe Nhanala was elected on 23 July as the first female United Methodist bishop in Africa. From 1 September, she succeeds Bishop João Somane Machado, retired leader of the Mozambique area.

Burundi church leaders and ex-president seek negotiations with rebels

agency reporter — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:14:24 +0000

Christian leaders in Burundi have called on a church-sponsored group led by former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano to reach out to the rebel Palipehutu-Forces for National Liberation, the last remaining insurgent group.

Food shortages threaten as floods hit Southern Africa

agency reporter — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:08 +0000

Extreme rainfall in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe has caused severe flooding with devastating consequences - including food shortages to come as farmers’ crops are washed away, warn international church and development bodies.

Shock at archbishop’s condom poisoning allegation

staff writers — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:56:36 +0100

Anti-AIDS activists, including those working with church-backed groups, have expressed amazement at outrage about claims made by the head of the Catholic Church in Mozambique that some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately.

Mozambique flooding hits thousands as churched step up assistance

staff writers — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Flooding in Mozambique has forced tens of thousands from their homes along the Zambezi river valley, following weeks of heavy rain, report development agencies and church networks.

Ecological debt highlighted by churches at WSF

staff writers — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:19:12 +0000

Mozambique is "owed an ecological debt by those who constructed and have made profits from the dams of the Zambezi River, that is to say, the Portuguese government and the South African company Eskom," Malawian economist Francis Ng'ambi told participants at a World Council of Churches (WCC) workshop on ecological debt at World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, which ended yesterday.