http://au.christiantoday.com Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Today. All Rights Reserved. Christian News, Updated daily en-gb Updated: Monday, 23 November 2009, 14:50 (EST) 5 144 31 http://au.christiantoday.com http://au.christiantoday.com/images/logo_rss.gif SELECT id,submittime,title,slug,summary FROM ct_article WHERE submittime>'2009-11-17 01:44:31' AND output='Y' AND subcat='1111' ORDER BY submittime DESC LIMIT 50 Africas growing water crisis demands leadership and common action among faith groups said general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation LWF in a keynote address for the Third Summit of the InterFaith Action for Peace in Africa IFAPA http://au.christiantoday.com/article/faith-groups-urged-to-act-together-to-tackle-africas-water-crisis/7251.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:53:30 +1100 Professor Paul Collier one of the worlds leading experts on African economies addressed the Afronomics Summit hosted by the African Development Forum ADF in Westminster on Wednesday http://au.christiantoday.com/article/christians-seek-new-vision-of-economics-and-development-for-africa/7038.htm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:29:42 +1000 A new tax haven created by the West African state of Ghana could attract tax dodgers and drug traders seeking to launder money unless safeguards are introduced warns a report launched today http://au.christiantoday.com/article/christian-aid-calls-for-safeguards-to-protect-ghana-from-tax-dodgers/6990.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:22 +1000 The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches WCC has urged its member churches to publicly condemn violence against women in the DR Congo and declare that violence against women is a sin http://au.christiantoday.com/article/wcc-condemns-sexual-violence-against-women-in-dr-congo/6953.htm Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:10:19 +1000 On 26 July the girl identified by CSW only as Mary was in church with her pastor his brother and an older Christian woman when a group of fifty militants broke in She and her pastor hid as the group killed the pastors brother and dragged the older woman out of the room On discovering their hiding place the militants cut off her pastors hand to stop him holding on to her then hacked him to death with machetes before setting him on fire http://au.christiantoday.com/article/nigeria-teenage-girl-forced-to-watch-pastors-brutal-murder/6809.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:32:05 +1000 The Boko Haram Western education is sin group is also known as the Nigerian Taliban and aims to cleanse Nigeria of western influences and impose Sharia law throughout the country http://au.christiantoday.com/article/nigeria-islamist-militia-launches-attacks-in-four-nigerian-states/6766.htm Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:08:42 +1000 Over 12 years in a regional economic war for resources hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped and tortured their bodies destroyed by unimaginable acts The Security Councils implementation of Resolution 1820 in Congo the very place that inspired it has been an utter failure http://au.christiantoday.com/article/a-broken-un-promise-sexual-violence-continues-in-dr-congo/6761.htm Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:39:50 +1000 From the smallest village to the biggest town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo DRC people are yearning for peace Church leaders encourage the rebel fighters to disarm http://au.christiantoday.com/article/congos-people-yearning-for-peace/6745.htm Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:59:39 +1000 Northern Uganda is a place that has known much heartache Dogged by more than 20 years of on and off fighting between government forces and rebel armies its scarred people are only now making the difficult return to their homes and villages after spending years in protection camps http://au.christiantoday.com/article/bringing-gods-justice-to-northern-uganda/6742.htm Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:46:58 +1000 Caritas Internationalis is condemning the growing climate of insecurity in eastern Congo following the killing of a staff member who worked for Caritas France http://au.christiantoday.com/article/slaying-of-congolese-aid-worker-prompts-condemnation/6718.htm Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:53:35 +1000