Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 4 February 2019
South Africa opposes any ‘undue’ change in Venezuela
(Anadolu Agency, YeniSafak)
DRC's new president to focus on human rights
(African News Network)
Nigerian air force destroys Boko Haram’s logistics base
(CGTN Africa)
Saturday, 2 February 2019
Kenya insists on UN to finance Somalia war against al-Shabaab
(African Daily Voice)
African Union appoint Ethiopian military chief to lead war against Al-Shabaab
(Amenna Dayo, The African Exponent)
The US has issued a visa ban on Ghana for failing to accept deportees
(Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa)
Win-win-win: Africa and Europe in 2019 should move towards solutions that benefit migrants too
(Report from European Centre for Development Policy Management, Relief Web)
Black History Month: 8 influential African-American Christian leaders
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Central African Republic, 14 armed groups reach peace deal
(Associated Press Religion)
Friday, 1 February 2019
African churches boom in London's backstreets – a picture essay
(Simon Dawson, The Guardian)
Saturday, 19 January 2019
One in every six Christians in Africa experience high persecution
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Friday, 18 January 2019
From China to sub-Saharan Africa, Christians experience high levels of persecution in 73 countries
(World Watch Monitor)
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
An upscale Nairobi building complex has been attacked by terrorist group al-Shabaab
(Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa)
Monday, 14 January 2019
Attacks on places of worship: Armed groups raise the stakes in the Central African Republic
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Friday, 4 January 2019
Africa was the deadliest continent for Catholic clergy in 2018
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
USA Today gets one right: Story on African-Americans found in unmarked graves notes religion
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
Thursday, 3 January 2019
UN seeks to raise awareness of bias against African-Iraqis
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wednesday, 2 January 2019
Theologian says Christianity can foster democracy, good governance in Africa
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Calls for inquiry into UN peacekeepers’ role in massacres in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 17 December 2018
Can South Africa's 'cradle of Islam' survive gentrification?
(Eoghan Macguire, Al Jazeera)
Friday, 14 December 2018
Cardinal wants international inquiry in church massacre in Central African Republic
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
South Africa not planning to ban adhan: Muslim body
(Hassan Isilow, Andalou Agency)
Episcopalians closing more African-American churches: Other big trends in this story?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
African bishops meet to discuss illegal migration from the continent
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Italy’s Salvini welcomes legal African asylum seekers
(Mike Woods, RFI)
More South Africans choosing EB-5 Investment Visa for US immigration
(Robert Blanco, BizNews)
African Court president hails Tunisia on human rights
(Penelope Nankunda, New Vision)
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Islamic State claims attacks in West Africa caused 118 casualties
(Andrea Spada, Islam Media Analysis)
What’s holding back free movement of people across Africa?
(Collins Mwai, The New Times (Rwanda))
Saturday, 24 November 2018
After cathedral attack, security concerns highlighted in Central African Republic
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 23 November 2018
Endangered communities in Africa's Middle Belt are left unprotected
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
African clergy press pharmaceutical companies to close gap on child-HIV drugs
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 19 November 2018
No cheeks left to turn: The double persecution of Africa’s largest church
(Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Tales of survival and loss from the Mandera stoning attack
(ICC's East Africa Correspondent, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
South African bishops seek better compensation for suffering miners
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Ghana: NMC rolls out gudelines for religious broadcasting
(Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, Dailyguide Africa)
Saturday, 3 November 2018
African fertility rates are falling - but not fast enough for some Western groups
(Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 2 November 2018
African legislators urged to prioritise good governance in migration
(New Vision)
UN asks Canada to resettle more refugees displaced in Horn of Africa
(Michelle Zilio, The Globe and Mail)
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Girls in West Africa offered into sexual slavery as ‘wives of gods’
(Wisdom Mensah, The Conversation)
Thursday, 25 October 2018
South Africa shocked by live rape trial of Timothy Omotoso
(Andrew Harding, BBC News)
South Africa religious leaders 'deeply disturbed' by corruption
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Monday, 22 October 2018
Church happy with results of ‘jobs summit’ in South Africa
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 19 October 2018
(South Africa) CRL Commission: Govt can't allow religious leaders too much freedom
(Kgomotso Modise, Eyewitness News)
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Witches are free to operate in Guyana after dismissal of colonial laws
(Nduta Waweru, Face 2 Face Africa)
Monday, 15 October 2018
How African American folklore saved the cultural memory and history of slaves
(Jennifer Dos Reis Dos Santos, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Man who wanted country 'cleansed of white people' found guilty of hate speech (South Africa)
(Jenni Evans, News 24)
South African court finds online postings to be hate speech
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 21 September 2018
Al-Shabaab five years after Westgate: Still a menace in East Africa
(International Crisis Group)
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Prof. PLO Lumumba speaks during Africa Religious Liberty Congress in Rwanda
(Adventist Media Center, YouTube)
3rd Africa Religious Liberty Congress - DAY 1 - Judith Uwizye
(Adventist Media Center, YouTube)
Monday, 17 September 2018
Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
(World Watch Monitor)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
C. African Republic: as Sudan hosts peace talks, Russia offers to get more involved
(World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
South Africa court orders recognition of Muslim marriages
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Surprise: World's most committed Christians are in Africa, Latin America... and the U.S., survey finds
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
World's most committed Christians live in Africa, Latin America – and the US: Pew
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The world’s most committed Christians live in Africa, Latin America — and the U.S.
(Joey Marshall, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Tunisians preach tolerance as Muslims, Jews join Christian celebration
(Africa News)
Church near Kampala, Uganda closes after months of Islamist attacks
(Morning Star News East Africa Correspondent, Christian Headlines)
Thursday, 16 August 2018
Yaounde: Cameroon’s Prime Minister attended the 3rd Pan-Africa Congress on Religious Freedom
(Dr. John Graz, Secretary General International Religious Liberty Association, The International Religious Liberty Association)
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
In central Africa, a cathedral shelters Muslims amid sectarian violence
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Monday, 13 August 2018
Harassment of African students under anti-evangelism law continues
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)
Saturday, 11 August 2018
UN condemns rising incitement to hatred in CAfrican Republic
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Saturday, 4 August 2018
US court hears case against Germany over Namibia genocide
(Howard Rechavia Taylor, Al Jazeera Africa)
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
New coalition seeks sainthood for five African-Americans
(Kirk Petersen, Religion News Service)
Friday, 27 July 2018
Is Eritrea becoming the North Korea of Africa?
(Ewelina U.Ochab)
Football and religion: two competing domains with a lot to offer Africa
(Mohammed Girma, The Conversation)
Monday, 16 July 2018
Bishops of Central African Republic ‘outraged’ by threat against Muslim population
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Monday, 9 July 2018
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 7 July 2018
How soccer and religion fight it out for the hearts of Africans
(Quartz Africa)
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Central African Republic in mourning again as another priest killed
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 25 June 2018
Study: East African converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Central African Catholic and Muslim leaders attack “sowers of hatred, division”
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saturday, 23 June 2018
South African Jews report ‘flurry of viciously anti-Semitic’ incidents
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
LGBTQ rights and the Bible in South Africa (Responding to: Religious decision-making on LGBTQ issues)
(Jeremy Punt, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 15 June 2018
Ivory Coast bishop chides African priests 'wandering' in Europe
(Lcui Sarr, La Croix International)
Thursday, 14 June 2018
African-American Evangelicals on the Masterpiece Cake Issue
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice blog)
South African police kill man after fatal mosque attack
(Christopher Torchia, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Is Eritrea becoming the North Korea of Africa?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Officials continue to hound African Pentecostals studying in Russia
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News)
Monday, 21 May 2018
The Role of Religion and Religious Freedom in Responding to Violent Extremism
(Brett Scharffs, Religion, Law and Security in Africa, M. Christian Green, T. Jeremy Gunn, and Mark Hill, eds.)
Thursday, 17 May 2018
African Pentecostal student sentenced for illegal evangelism
(Press Service of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
Friday, 11 May 2018
Deadly attack on South African mosque has ‘hallmarks of Islamic State'
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Thursday, 10 May 2018
1 killed, 2 badly wounded in South Africa mosque attack
(Cara Anna, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Attacks on basis of religion in Central African Republic alarm UN human rights chief
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
The religious war in the Central African Republic continues
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Another Catholic priest killed in Central African Republic
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Pope prays for peace in Central African Republic
(Associated Press)
Two African-American women elected as bishops for the first in ECLA history
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Friday, 4 May 2018
White House expresses concern over religious violence in Central African Republic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement from the Press Secretary on Religious Violence in the Central African Republic
(The White House)
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Healing through artwork: Crochet by African migrants and trauma victims on display in NYC exhibit
(Liz Donovan, Religion News Service)
Church massacre shatters tranquility of Central African capital
(Illia Djadi, World Religion News)
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
African students accused of illegal evangelism
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Monday, 30 April 2018
Arab-Islamic education in Sub-Saharan Africa: going beyond clichés to build the future
(Rohen d'Aiglepierre, Clothilde Hugon, and Hamidou Dia, The Conversation)
Ugandan faith leaders grapple with accepting Israel’s African refugees
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
African student found guilty of illegal evangelism
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Monday, 23 April 2018
New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol
(Andrew Meldrum, Religion News Service)
Terrorist groups wreak havoc in Sahel despite presence of counter-terrorism forces
(North Africa Post)
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