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Nigerian Bishop of Sokoto explains 'Boko Haram' .... |
During the dry season the harmattan wind blows here from the Sahara desert bringing dust and disease into the ocre coloured savanna, coating over the occasional baobab tree.
Until the rainy season sweeps all the dust and disease away and the fertile  |
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S. Africa court: investigate Zimbabwe torture allegations |
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A South African judge has ordered prosecutors to investigate whether Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government committed human rights abuses, saying it would benefit Zimbabweans tortured in their homeland and South Africans determined to see |
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South Sudan: A nation’s struggle |
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“The people have suffered so long but they also want to be treated with dignity as a new nation” says Sr. Patricia Murray executive director of the Solidarity with South Sudan organization. In the midst of the current flair-up in tensions between |
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ZAMBIA: Government releases draft of new constitution |
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The government of Zambia released on Monday the draft of the long-awaited new constitution. The document recommends the independence of the country’s electoral commission to conduct free and transparent elections. It recommends also a “ |
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Archbishop Kaigama: Nigeria attacks defy all reason |
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Twenty one people are being mourned in Nigeria today after they were killed by gunmen who attacked Christian religious services on Sunday in the north of the country. The co-ordinated assaults happened at a university campus, during the observance |
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Holy See condemns church attacks in Africa |
The head of the Holy Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, condemned Sunday’s church attacks in Nigeria and Kenya.
The first attack in Nigeria targeted a section of Bayero University's campus in the city of Kano where churches hold Sunday |
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The 49th anniversary of the Pan-African Conference of Churches |
Afrofonia 21.4.2012
A weekly programme of Vatican Radio, entirely dedicated to Africa. It goes on air every Saturday on 105 FM and via the internet (channel 5) at 16:10.
The Pan-African Conference of Churches, better known as the All Africa Conference |
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ECOWAS to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau |
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The West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it would send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to help swiftly reinstate civilian rule after their coups, and threatened sanctions if junta leaders try to cling to power. The decision was one of |
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