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The Cross and the Genocide
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Bomb blast kills four in Ethiopia

afrol News - A bomb explosion has killed four people, wounding 24 others in Ethiopian capital on Wednesday, police said.

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Nigeria
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Nigeria president's health under spotlight

afrol News - Nigeria's opposition have called for clarity on the state of president Umaru Yar'Adua's health, saying his absence from the country for more than two weeks was adversely affecting the workings of government.

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In the news - 2004
Africa
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Africa highlights 2004 by afrol News

afrol News - Negative news often dominate the international coverage of Africa. 2004 however has seen much more than the crises in Darfur and Côte d'Ivoire. Peace has returned to many more countries, democracy and human rights are strengthening in Africa and the economy is booming in many countries. The link between democracy and development has been demonstrated and the outlook for 2005 is mostly positive.

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The Cross and the genocide in Rwanda
Rwanda
Society | Human rights

The Cross and the Genocide

afrol News - The 1994 Rwandan genocide, killing an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, is made even more incomprehensible by the documented participation of many representatives of Rwandan church societies. How could God fearing nuns, and even a bishop, take part in the most cruel crimes against humanity committed on African soil? Even worse, several church societies allegedly were co-responsible for the growing hatred that led to the genocide. It remains an enormous contradiction to the Christian Message of Love.

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Homosexuality and Islam
Algeria
Human rights | Gay - Lesbian | Society

Holy hatred: Homosexuality in Muslim countries

afrol News - Anissa Helie, with Algerian and French background, analyses the rights situation of gays and lesbians in the Muslim world in this article previously published in the New Internationalist.

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