Fredrick Nzwili

Religion News Service

Nigeria Marks One Year since Boko Haram Kidnapped Schoolgirls

Nigerians on Tuesday staged ceremonies to remember the 219 schoolgirls abducted by the militant group Boko Haram in Chibok one year ago on April...

Nigeria Marks One Year since Boko Haram Kidnapped Schoolgirls

Kenya Cracks Down on Al-Shabab Funding and Recruitment after Garissa Attack

The Kenyan government has cracked down on funding for al-Shabab, the Somali group that claimed responsibility for killing 148 mostly Christian...

Kenya Cracks Down on Al-Shabab Funding and Recruitment after Garissa Attack

Kenya Religious Leaders Urge Unity in Face of Garissa Massacre

As Good Friday services began here, Christian and Muslim leaders preached unity a day after a horrific terrorist attack at Garissa University...

Kenya Religious Leaders Urge Unity in Face of Garissa Massacre

Nigerian Christians May Back a Muslim Candidate in Upcoming Presidential Elections

Under the shadow of Boko Haram violence, Nigerians head to the polls Saturday to elect a president and a deputy in a vote observers say is critical...

Nigerian Christians May Back a Muslim Candidate in Upcoming Presidential Elections

Kenya’s Catholic Church to Fight Hunger by Farming Its Vast Land Reserves

In an effort to fight hunger, the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya is making 3,000 acres of church-owned land available for commercial farming.

Kenya’s Catholic Church to Fight Hunger by Farming Its Vast Land Reserves

Focus on Africa’s Islamic Extremists has Diverted Attention from South Sudan’s Growing Crisis

As world attention shifts to the growing influence of Muslim militant groups on the African continent, few have paid any attention to the ongoing...

February 06, 2015

Focus on Africa’s Islamic Extremists has Diverted Attention from South Sudan’s Growing Crisis

Ugandan Bishop Willing to Defend Notorious Lord’s Resistance Army Commander in War Crimes Court

In its heyday, the Ugandan rebel force known as the Lord’s Resistance Army was accused of killing more than 100,000 people, abducting 60,000 to...

January 29, 2015

Ugandan Bishop Willing to Defend Notorious Lord’s Resistance Army Commander in War Crimes Court

Churches in Niger and Other Former French Colonies Torched over Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

Cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are proving costly for Christians in majority-Muslim countries in Africa.

January 22, 2015

Churches in Niger and Other Former French Colonies Torched over Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

Nigerian Archbishop Calls for Unity Marches Following Boko Haram Massacres

Nigerian Roman Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama says his country needs a similar march to the one held in Paris on Sunday to pay tribute to...

January 13, 2015

Nigerian Archbishop Calls for Unity Marches Following Boko Haram Massacres

Kenya Church Leaders Alarmed by Al-Shabab’s Persecution of Christians

Church leaders say attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab militants in Kenya are increasingly taking on an anti-Christian tenor, including targeted...

December 11, 2014

Kenya Church Leaders Alarmed by Al-Shabab’s Persecution of Christians

Boko Haram Terrorists Aim at Nigeria’s Muslims Killing 120 Friday Worshippers

Nigerian religious leaders united to condemn a coordinated terrorist attack on a mosque in the city of Kano Friday (Nov. 28), which left over 120...

December 02, 2014

Boko Haram Terrorists Aim at Nigeria’s Muslims Killing 120 Friday Worshippers

Negotiations with Boko Haram a Farce, Says Catholic Priest

While the Nigerian government negotiates Boko Haram for the release of 200 abducted schoolgirls, some church leaders are expressing doubts about...

October 30, 2014

Negotiations with Boko Haram a Farce, Says Catholic Priest

Brutally Murdered Nuns Laid to Rest in the Congo as Crime Investigation Continues

Three elderly Italian nuns murdered in Burundi were laid to rest Thursday (Sept. 11) in a Xaverian cemetery in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

September 15, 2014

Brutally Murdered Nuns Laid to Rest in the Congo as Crime Investigation Continues

After Kidnapping Schoolgirls, Boko Haram Takes Aim at Churches in Northeast Nigeria

Five months after Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls in Nigeria’s Borno State, the Islamic extremist group has begun occupying churches in the...

September 03, 2014

After Kidnapping Schoolgirls, Boko Haram Takes Aim at Churches in Northeast Nigeria

Is Ebola a Curse from God? Some African Christian Leaders Think So

As Western nations evacuate their citizens from West Africa’s growing Ebola outbreak, some Christian leaders have begun to speak of the virus as a...

August 12, 2014

Is Ebola a Curse from God? Some African Christian Leaders Think So

A Ban on New Church Construction Angers Sudanese Christians

Christians in Sudan frequently face arrests, impromptu questioning and expulsion. But this month, conditions worsened after the government...

A Ban on New Church Construction Angers Sudanese Christians

Detained on Charges of Forgery, Meriam Ibrahim is Not Yet Free

A Sudanese Christian doctor freed from death row on charges of apostasy Monday (June 23) is not yet free after authorities detained her at a...

Detained on Charges of Forgery, Meriam Ibrahim is Not Yet Free

Kenya’s Religious Leaders Demand Government Response to Deadly Terror Attack

Christian and Muslim leaders united Tuesday (June 17) to demand government action after a deadly terror attack in Kenya’s coastal region.

Kenya’s Religious Leaders Demand Government Response to Deadly Terror Attack

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