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General Superintendent Eugénio R. Duarte appointed André Aimé Maloula interim superintendent of the Côte d'Ivoire South District. Maloula will serve for two years. The current district superintendent, Djédjé Yao Clément, served in the position for 12 years. He resigned in order to take an assignment

Thousands of people participated in a peace march last week in Durban, South Africa, decrying the violence against foreign nationals that has erupted this month. The violence has caused thousands of foreigners who are living in South Africa to flee their homes for displacement camps, and many have

With their lives still shaken by the loss of homes, livestock, and crops to severe flooding earlier this year, church members in Malawi's Lower Shire District gathered for a three-day Easter Holiness Conference over the Easter weekend. Hundreds of people attended, and dozens were baptized. "We are

Retired missionary Earl Hunter, 99, passed away April 8. Earl and his wife, Mabel, served as missionaries to Bolivia, Guatemala, and Nigeria. Earl Hunter was born September 11, 1915, in Colorado to C. J. and Georgia Hunter. He earned a Bachelor of Theology from Northwest Nazarene College (now

April 2, 2015, will remain a day forever etched in minds and hearts of Kenyans as news of the Garissa University College attack hit the airwaves, revealing the loss of 148 lives. The Africa Nazarene University community, through the Spiritual Development Department, delivered donated food and drinks

Matt Jackson is a doctor finishing his training in anesthesia and intensive care in Manchester, United Kingdom. An attendee at Longsight Church of the Nazarene for the past six years, Jackson recently returned from seven weeks assisting in a clinical trial for new Ebola treatment drugs in West

Church of the Nazarene Pastor James Fullah of Sierra Leone and his family were declared Ebola-free after completing 21 days of quarantine. James, his five children, and seven other family members were placed in quarantine after James' wife, Isatu, passed away in February from the Ebola virus. Two of

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma called for a three-day lockdown in the country as an effort to curb the spread of the Ebola virus. Citizens have been told to stay inside March 27 to 29 and from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the following three Saturdays: April 4, 11, and 18. Vidal Cole, the Nazarene

Ghana, Africa Region — In parts of northern Ghana, it's common for a man to pay a bridal price of cows to the family of the woman he wants to marry. In some situations, young teenage girls are placed in marriages with men four times their age. "These girls are forced into marriages and they become

The workshops, messages, and Q-and-A sessions with leaders aligned with the region's vision to "Prepare the Way" for people to know Jesus. "I believe that the Lord visited His church in Africa in a very special way," Africa Regional Director Filimao Chambo said. "I am thrilled to see and hear a