Africa
Kenya: 60,000 Youngsters Ravaged By Drug Abuse, Muslim Cleric Says
By Kerubo Lornah THE Jubilee government has been urged to set global strategic plans to fight drug abuse in the Coast region. Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council chair Juma Ngao
Tanzania: Solution to Country’s Religious Violence in Clerics Hands – Kikwete
Amsterdam — PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete, has said that recent incidents of attack and murder of religious leaders as well as torching of worship houses were faith based and that it
Niger Delta militants threaten retaliation over Islamist attacks
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it will launch terror campaign ‘in defence of Christianity’ Nigeria could face a battle between rival terrorist groups after Christian militants
Nigeria: Pastor, 45, Arraigned for Fraud
The police on Thursday arraigned a 45-year-old pastor, Ogunleye Henry, before a Kubwa Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for criminal breach of trust and cheating. The police prosecutor, Echendu Kelechi, told
Nigeria: Kukah – Future of North Bleak Without Education
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Tuesday said the discovery of abundant mineral resources in the north would not solve its problems, warning that the region
South Africa: Cosatu Condemns Zionist Brutality Against Pro-Palestinian Protesters
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is outraged at the violent assault of two young women pro-Palestine protesters (including the daughter of a senior COSATU official) by the notorious
Tanzania:Christians Killed Over Ritual Slaughter of Meat
By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent TANDUMA, TANZANIA (Worthy News)– Two Christians have been killed and many more arrested across Tanzania over the ritual slaughter of livestock for sale. In
Sudan uses Shari’a against its own Christians
By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent KHARTOUM, SUDAN (Worthy News)– After the South seceded in 2011, President Al-Bashir promised to make what remained of Sudan “100 percent” Islamic; to that
Egypt: Chief Perpetrator In Cathedral Incidents Arrested – Security Source
Security bodies on Thursday arrested a chief perpetrator in last Sunday’s Cathedral violence which left two people dead and scores injured, a senior security source said. Legal procedures are being
NIGERIA: Anglican Cleric Condemns Proposed Amnesty for Boko Haram
An Anglican Communion clergy, Godwin Daramola, has condemned the Nigerian government for its inability to prevent many woes befalling the nation. Mr. Daramola, who delivered the sermon at the 10th
