GABON, February 19, 2008 —
Following the launch of the Where is the Good Samaritan Today? program in 2007, the Bible Society in Gabon has been actively involved in the battle against HIV/AIDS. It has received support for this work from two government ministries... [more]

SOUTH AFRICA, February 14, 2008 —
75 years after the Bible was first made available to speakers of Afrikaans in their own language, a new form of God’s Word in Afrikaans has been launched: the Afrikaans Bible for the Deaf... [more]

GABON, December 14, 2007 —
It takes many hours of gruelling travelling on potholed roads to reach Lebamba in southern Gabon. Breakdowns happen frequently and a willingness to undertake makeshift repairs at the roadside is vital. But the enthusiasm [translators] found among local Christians there for spreading God’s Word more than compensated for the rigours of the journey... [more]

GHANA, August 16, 2007 —
After waiting 20 years, nothing – not even torrential rain – was going to deter Dagbani- speaking Christians from holding a full-scale launch ceremony when ‘their’ full Bible finally arrived in June. Even though an unexpected storm forced them to switch to an indoor location at the last minute, their joy at receiving all of God’s Word in their own language was certainly not diminished... [more]