http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/ Religious and Spiritual News en leonid@spirithit.com admin@spirithit.com Copyright © 2005 SpiritHit.com hourly 2 2005-04-27T20:12:01-05:00 http://news.spirithit.com/images/rss/spirithit.gif http://news.spirithit.com/ 137 24 PRAIA, Cape Verde -- A recent visit by three Baha'is to these islands in the north Atlantic Ocean had its origins in a decision taken some 50 years earlier. In January 1954 Howard… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/the_jubilee_celebrations_of_the_bahai_community/ 2005-02-08T13:23:00-05:00 Nairobi, Kenya - In a sun-dappled stadium here full of some 30,000 people, a peace deal was inked Sunday that may end Africa's longest civil war. The conflict has raged in Sudan since… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/day_for_peace_in_a_splintered_sudan/ 2005-01-10T13:00:00-05:00 Zalengei, Sudan -- The World Food Program said earlier this week the war in Darfur has made it difficult to reach some 360,000 persons in need of food assistance. While that figure would… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/darfur_camp_a_feeding_center/ 2004-12-16T21:01:01-05:00 Johannesburg, South Africa -- The Rev. Samuel Kobia has cautioned faith communities against the use of holy scriptures to justify war. "As people of faith, we should not use holy scriptures… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/dont_use_holy_scriptures_to_justify_war/ 2005-04-27T20:12:01-05:00 Lilongwe, Malawi -- After almost two years of failure to hammer out an amicable solution to a controversial dispute involving Muslims and Gule Wamkulu cult, a leading Muslim scholar decided… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/malawian_muslim_scholar_to_mediate_in_controversial_dispute/ 2005-04-01T22:29:01-05:00 Lusaka, Zambia -- The president of Zambia recently acknowledged his faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized in a public service, Southern Baptist missionaries report. A crowd clapped and… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/president_of_zambia_accepts_christ/ 2005-03-23T19:40:00-05:00 Nairobi, Kenya -- African churches are gearing up to teach people in war-ravaged southern Sudan about democracy and human rights to better prepare them for the changes ahead, now that… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/churches_to_promote_democracy_in_south_sudan/ 2005-02-11T18:36:00-05:00 Nairobi, Kenya -- Anglican church leaders from the southern hemisphere on Friday called on the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in the United States to repent for consecrating an openly gay… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/anglicans_in_global_south_urge/ 2005-02-02T17:23:00-05:00 Nairobi -- Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) residing in Kenya, at a peace prayer gathering on Feb. 1, said they felt abandoned and urged the international community… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/forgotten_congolese_refugees_urge_world/ 2005-02-01T18:53:01-05:00 Abuja, Nigeria -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on Africa's leaders to work for the twin goals of renewing the world body and providing hope to the continent.… http://news.spirithit.com/index/africa/more/2005_should_be_year_of_renewal/ 2005-01-30T16:50:00-05:00