The basic human right of freedom of conscience may be under siege in Serbia, as the government is reportedly waiting for input from the Serbian Orthodox Church on a proposed new law detailing religious rights. A formerly public process is now shrouded in secrecy, religious leaders and human rights watchers say.
Belgrade, Serbia
The Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA) will soon be housed in a new 50-acre (20 hectare) campus in Masoro, a Kigali neighborhood. Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, participated in a foundation-laying ceremony there May 12.
Kigali, Rwanda
The Seventh-day Adventist Church "must be known in the community and by the government as peacemakers and as good partners," Pastor Jan Paulsen declared in a May 9 address at Nyamirambo regional stadium, the start of a multi-day visit that emphasized the need for Christians to focus on reconciliation, forgiveness and moving forward.
Kigali, Rwanda
In a region where poverty and HIV/AIDS are inextricably linked, a recent workshop in Lesotho taught women sewing skills as a means of income generation. The "Workshop on Sewing for HIV Positive Women" is a small but significant step towards self-sufficiency where a third of the tiny country's adult population is living with HIV/AIDS.
Hlotse, Lesotho
44 Youth Killed In Road Accident in Zambia Kawambwa, Zambia .... [Chanda Mwenya/ ANN] A fatal road accident killed 44 students of Kawambwa High School on April 8, near Kawambwa, Zambia, among them were 18 Adventist youth.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Continuing debate surrounding a centuries-old scientific question may not have the "reality" TV appeal of, for example, a wardrobe and lifestyle makeover, but two Seventh-day Adventist college students are out to change that: finding answers to life's biggest questions along the way.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Some 28 months after it was organized as a new division, or trans-national region, of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the East-Central Africa Division's new headquarters complex in Mbagathi, a suburb of Nairobi, were officially opened on May 9 by Pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, along with the Hon. Dr. A.A. Moody Awori, vice president and minister for Home Affairs of the Republic of Kenya.
Mbagathi, Nairobi, Kenya
Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said his government will "see what we can do" to resolve Sabbath, or Saturday, scheduling conflicts faced by more than 300 Seventh-day Adventist students at the country's Makerere University, the nation's leading public tertiary school.
Kampala, Uganda
Returning to the mission station where Seventh-day Adventist Church work first began in Zambia a century ago, Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa joined church officials and members in noting the 100th anniversary on May 6. The following day, former President Kenneth Kaunda, who led the nation for 27 years, visited the celebrations.
Rusangu, Monze, Zambia
Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Celestin Rakotoarisoa Herimanana, 44, was killed May 4 in a bus crash while returning to Douala from Yaounde, the nation's capital. He is survived by his wife and two young sons.
Douala, Cameroon