African Christian and Muslim religious leaders call on Peace in Nigeria
(Addis Ababa/Nairobi/Lagos/Bonn, 19.01.2012) Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders from various African countries gathered in Addis Ababa from 08.–13.01.2012 to debate on Peace and Development. They call on the Christian and Muslim leadership of Nigeria “to excise maximum restraint and refrain from making pronouncements and statements that would threaten the unity of that Nation and the spirit of togetherness”, according to a statement disseminated by the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) on 18.01.2012 in Nairobi.more
Villagers protest against worrying laws
(Bonn / Phnom Penh, 22.12.2011) More than 10.000 people from all over Cambodia have signed or thumb printed a petition calling the National Assembly to halt three law drafts worrying civil society in the country. More than 100 villagers from land-dispute communities presented the petition in the national capital of Phnom Penh. All signatures and thumbprints of the petition were presented as a 230 meter long scarf of protest.more
Geopolitics and Financial Crisis Change the Architecture of Development Cooperation
(Bonn, 12.12.2011) Assessment of the 4th High Level Conference on Aid Effevtivenss in Busan, South Korea, 29.11. -1.12.2011- A Civil Society Perspectivemore
Expert Meeting on Outcome and Impact Orientation
(Sankt Augustin, 24.06.2011) Between the 24.-27.05.2011 EED invited several of its Local Support Services (LSS) and external consultants from Africa and Asia to Bonn / Sankt Augustin with the purpose to have a joint reflection on international debate on Aid, Development and CSO effectiveness and other subjects.more
Church and Society
A travel blog, written by delegates from Nigerian churches while visiting Germany in spring 2011more
„The way out of the torrential river“
(Bonn, 06.06.2011) Josephine Goro, head of the Community Development Programme (CCDP) of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), has been committed to improving the living conditions of people in the villages since many years. With the support of the EED her churchly development programme is helping to establish schools and medical wards, for which she also obligates the villagers themselves. During May and June she was travelling in Germany for two weeks.more
All Africa Conference of Churches on challenges of transition
(Nairobi, 15.04.2011) Statement on "The Challenges of Democratic Transitions and Self Determination in Africa" by the All Africa Conference of Churchesmore
Dialogue on Development and Theology
(Bonn / Addis Ababa, 22.02.2011) The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the Ethiopian Kale Haywet Church and EED have agreed to initiate and conduct a Dialogue on Development and Theology. By end of January 2011, the parties have signed a Letter of Intention to respect the differences of doctrine, traditions and national contexts. They aim to deepen the theological understanding of the actual challenges of development in a globalizing world.more
Timid hope at end of climate negotiations in Cancun
(Cancún, 13.12.10) The Cancun Agreement, adopted by the vast majority of parties at the United Nations climate change conference (COP16) in the early morning hours of 11 December, gives guarded hope to churches and civil society groups who had called for decisive action by the world's governments. In an improvement on the process that led to the much-criticized Copenhagen Accord last year, the president of the conference managed to keep the climate negotiations in the multilateral track and make some, although insufficient, steps forward.more
Faith communities stress moral dimension of climate change
(Cancún, 09.12.10) Faith communities came together to address climate change, poverty and sustainable development in a side event jointly organized by Caritas Internationalis, ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the Cancun climate summit on 7 December.more
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