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Archbishop Livingstone Nkoyooyo's New Year Message

Archbishop Livingstone Nkoyooyo's New Year Message

Today is the day when we celebrate the beginning of the New Year. Each one of us has taken inventory of his past life and are making various commitments for the new Year. We as Christians have also have also made resolutions for the New Year, in our quest for a meaningful and authentic Christian life.

03 January 2003

AIDS in Africa - a witness story and a challenge

AIDS in Africa - a witness story and a challenge

As people around the globe commemorated World AIDS Day on Sunday 1 December, an Anglican priest in the east African nation of Uganda reflected on his own personal journey with HIV/AIDS.

06 December 2002

Uganda trip establishes work in three Dioceses

Uganda trip establishes work in three Dioceses

Lydia Tushabe enjoys being in business. She started out with a little hair salon in a room by the side of a road that runs into Kabale. With her loan from the Five Talents funded program she was able to open a retail shop with primary sales in bananas.

07 August 2002

Hope amidst hopelessness

Hope amidst hopelessness

On 18 March 2000 around 500 people, many of them young, perished in a fire that swept through a community church in a remote South Western corner of Uganda. 

25 July 2000

New University for Uganda

New University for Uganda

The Bishop Barnham Divinity College in Kabale is to become a University this autumn. The South West Ugandan college, which is some 300 miles from the capital, Kampala, was founded in 1924 as a normal day school.

12 May 2000

Lambeth Conference calls for peace in Uganda's civil war

Lambeth Conference calls for peace in Uganda's civil war

The plight of a Ugandan bishop whose wife was killed by an exploding land-mine brought a resolution into sharp focus for bishops at the Lambeth Conference Saturday (August 8).

08 August 1998

Uganda: hope for Peace

Uganda: hope for Peace

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to talk "peace and war" with the rebels in the north of the country who are trying to overthrow his government.

09 June 1998

Hope for Peace

Hope for Peace

(ENI) Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to talk "peace and war" with the rebels in the north of the country who are trying to overthrow his government.

09 April 1998

Rebels attack area around Anglican hospital

Rebels attack area around Anglican hospital

Kagando Hospital, an Anglican Hospital in north east Uganda, has become a haven for people fearing rebel attack in the area. On 6 October an estimated 18 people were killed by rebel forces in the area around the hospital. The hospital is in a small remote village and is a major local institution, employing many from the surrounding area. It has become a place of refuge for nearby communities, putting a strain on its resources.

07 November 1997

Ugandan Church Leaders Condemn Government Security Measures

Ugandan Church Leaders Condemn Government Security Measures

Religious leaders in war-torn northern Uganda have condemned President Yoweri Museveni for forcing people to settle in "protected" villages or camps in order to shield them from armed rebels who are trying to overthrow the Government.

31 October 1997