“This is a cruel and inhumane decision,” said Jeanne Atkinson, CLINIC’s executive director. “There is absolutely no need to send people who are living peacefully, raising their children and contributing to the American economy and society back to a country where their lives could immediately be put at risk.”
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Swaziland church takes lead in fighting human trafficking, violence against women
Swaziland’s police commissioner praised the Diocese of Manzini and Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon for organizing marches to help in “the fight against crime.”
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Kenya Supreme Court: Presidential election is “null and void”
Kenya’s highest court finds irregularities in the vote tally from this summer’s election, orders new vote within 60 days.
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Racism remains a common scourge in South Africa and the United States
Despite the fall of apartheid in 1994 and the reconciliatory tone set by the country’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, the demon of racism is very much alive here.
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Making sense of the tension and contradictions in Kenya and Rwanda’s elections
Two elections this month in eastern and central Africa—in Kenya and Rwanda—have brought out tensions and contradictions in the continent’s democratic process.
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Pope Francis prays for Christian victims of violent attacks in Africa
“I hope that all forms of hatred and violence cease and that such shameful crimes are no longer committed in places of worship where the faithful gather to pray.”
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Secret parliamentary vote fails to unseat South Africa’s President
The no-confidence vote was called by the opposition in Parliament in the wake of overwhelming evidence of the president’s corrupt dealings with the Gupta family.
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Pope prays for Christian victims of violent attacks in Africa
The pope led pilgrims in praying a Hail Mary for the victims of the attacks at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Nigeria and at a mission in Gambo, Central African Republic.
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Clergy preach peace during Kenyan national elections
In the weeks before Kenya’s election on Aug. 8, ethnic tensions ran high, prompting religious leaders—Christian and Muslim—to preach for peace.
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African-born clergy and religious ministering in U.S. gather in New Orleans
Ministering in this “globalizing church” challenges church leaders and laity to bring unity to parishes that are increasingly multicultural, intercultural, diverse and pluralistic