Africa
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Malawi faith leaders challenge High Court abortion ruling as ‘worrying precedent’
Malawi’s major faith bodies are challenging a High Court ruling that allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor to access an abortion, warning the decision sets a “worrying precedent” for the country’s abortion laws. The Malawi Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Malawi Council of Churches, the Evangelical Association of Malawi and the Muslim Association of Malawi said the Oct. 28 ruling not only overturns long-standing legal limits on abortion but also risks reshaping national policy without broad pub -
US congressional panel hears pleas amid growing violence in Nigeria
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Refugee camps in South Sudan model interreligious harmony in the shadow of a civil war
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‘Speak truth to power’: Church bodies demand accountability after Tanzania poll violence
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Pastor in Nigeria facing death threats for pleas for protection
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Islamist protest in Yumbe, Uganda leaves five Christians dead
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African Union responds to Trump on Nigeria religious freedom claims
The African Union Commission (AUC) has added its voice about religious freedoms in Nigeria, expressing concern over claims that President Bola Tinubu’s government is complicit in the killing of Christians in the northern part of the country. -
Christians killed in NW Nigeria, homes burned in northeast
Seven Christians, including a 12-year-old boy, were mourned on Saturday (Nov. 8) after they were killed in an attack in Kaduna state, Nigeria, the same day Islamic extremists burned homes and a church building in Borno state. -
Christians and Muslims clash in Northern Uganda over sale of pork in Yumbe district
Several people were injured when Muslims and Christians clashed in Yumbe district in Northern Uganda, West Nile Sub-region, following a plan by a Christian businessman to open a pork outlet in Yumbe town. According to several local media outlets the protests on Nov. 4 were said to have been led by Sheikh Kasim Abdalla upon reports of an establishment that introduced pork in the area. -
Major new report maps how the world engages with the Bible
The Bible Society has unveiled a sweeping analysis of how culture, religion, politics and economics shape engagement with Scripture across the globe. The Patmos Typology Report, developed with the United Bible Societies and built on Gallup’s data science, examines 85 countries and territories across seven 'missiological clusters' that reveal current opportunities and barriers for Bible work. -
Fulani herdsmen kill 15 Christians in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (Nov. 6) killed two Christians in Nigeria’s Nasarawa state and two others in Plateau state following the slaughter of 11 Christians in the latter state earlier in the week, sources said. -
Evangelical body in US urges Trump administration to reconsider plan to drastically cut refugee admissions
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reverse its decision to cut U.S. refugee admissions to the lowest level in history — a move faith leaders warn will leave persecuted Christians and other vulnerable groups without refuge. -
Pastor among 10 Christians killed by herdsmen in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Monday (Nov. 3) killed at least 10 Christians, including a Pentecostal pastor, in Benue state, Nigeria.
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