“It is quite possible for the Islamic Movement of Nigeria to transform into militancy like the Boko Haram,” said professor Ishaq Akintola, director of the Muslim Rights Concern, an advocacy group for Nigerian Muslims.
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The Jesuit business network fighting poverty in Africa and beyond
The Miller Center at Santa Clara is just one institution in a broader network looking to make a positive social impact.
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Kenyan religious leaders fight to rescue young girls from child marriage
As she sat outside her hut making jewelry to sell to tourists, 9-year-old Sajon Lengupayi pleaded with passers-by to rescue her from an early marriage that she said her parents arranged without her consent.
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The uncommon faith of a country decimated by Boko Haram
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has decimated villages in northern Nigeria, but Catholic parishioners remain faithful and courageous.
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U.S. Catholic physician a reluctant hero in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
“We’re supposed to show the face of Christ to people, but how can you do that if you take off when the going gets tough?” asked Dr. Tom Catena, a 54-year old physician from Amsterdam, New York.
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Nuba church ‘a sign of hope’ after staying through difficult times
The Nuba Mountains region in southern Sudan is a land the world has largely forgotten, except for the Catholic Church, which for more than three decades has stood with the people as they endured hunger, bombing and neglect.
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South Sudanese religious leaders say trust critical to long-term peace
Talks between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar in Khartoum in neighboring Sudan entered the home stretch with negotiators fine-tuning the final chapter on power-sharing arrangements and governance.
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East African bishops applaud Eritrea and Ethiopia peace process
In a statement July 22, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, known by the acronym AMECEA, said the steps taken by the leaders of both countries “show that Africans have the wisdom to solve their own problems amicably.”
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With ‘strongman politics’ on the rise, Obama affirms Mandela’s democratic vision
In Johannesburg, Obama gave what some commentators consider his most important speech since he vacated the Oval Office.
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The urban fantasies of Bodys Isek Kingelez
The Congolese artist has left us a form of art that transcends political and aesthetic categories.