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  Kenyan police dispatched to Haiti hold prayer service: 'Since we came here, we have only seen the hand of God'

  Kenya police mission in Haiti have been holding regular prayer and fellowship meetings at the base camp in the country’s capital Port-au-Prince. The contingent of special police officers were seen attending a prayer service in a social media post shared by CNN Africa Correspondent, Larry Madowo.

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  Ministering to inmates in Cameroon's notorious prisons: 'It gives me great joy when prisoners surrender to Christ'

  When Emmanuel Chongwan was 16, he sensed God leading him to do something life changing for prisoners who he felt were being treated as slaves. Later in life, that nudge led him to serve as a full time pastor in his home country, Cameroon.

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  Grassroots advocacy centers plan key for new president of 21Wilberforce

  Wissam al-Saliby never dreamed of leaving his beloved country of Lebanon, but the call from God to help the persecuted church was strong.

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  Muslims burn down church building in central Nigeria

  Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of Saturday (Aug. 10) in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said.

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  Increasing bans on FGM and child marriage in Africa give hope for end of harmful practices

  It has been one month since the Gambian Parliament upheld the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on July 15, 2024 – a practice that experts warn can cause severe short-term and long-term physical and psychological harm, including infections, future reproductive complications, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The ban is a significant milestone, especially given the country’s high FGM prevalence rates.

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  Nigeria continues to tolerate terrorism, USCIRF states

  Nigeria’s government at federal and state levels continues to tolerate attacks by non-state assailants who justify violence on religious grounds, according to a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

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  Global survey reveals religion, prayer most important in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, least important in Western countries

  Europeans are least likely to say that religion is very important in their lives, compared to other parts of the world, and only 42 percent of Americans claim that religion is personally crucial to them. Other parts of the world responded more affirmingly on the importance of religion, specifically within sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. The picture was less clear in South and Southeast Asia, compared to the polarized views in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

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