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Egypt
Politics | Gay - Lesbian | Society
Egypt Islamists "use homophobia to win votes"

afrol News, 5 May - Homosexuality is becoming an issue in the upcoming Egyptian elections, with the Muslim Brotherhood already being accused of spreading homophobia to win votes.

South Africa
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Outrage over Zuma's hell-threats to voters

afrol News, 7 February - A wide range of South Africa's political landscape is voicing outrage over President Jacob Zuma after he threatened non-ANC voters with ending up in hell. Also the Church protests that only ANC members will come to heaven.

Uganda
Economy - Development | Society
Uganda churches make big business of aid

afrol News, 29 October - In Uganda, church communities may get access to major development aid funds. A new study shows that many church leaders abuse these funds and start neglecting religious works.

Egypt
Human rights | Society
Copts in Egypt "intimidated" by Muslim majority

afrol News, 15 October - One tenth of Egyptians are Coptic Christians. With a trend of Islamic revival in the country, many Copts now feel increasingly targeted and forced into silence and invisibility.

Rwanda | Uganda
Politics | Society
US fundamentalists "fight proxy war" in Uganda, Rwanda

afrol News, 22 September - Fundamentalist "evangelical" Christian congregations in the US have plaid a strong role in radicalising Anglican and Protestant communities in Africa, in particular Uganda and Rwanda. New reports document their real motives as imperialistic.

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» 11.03.2010 - Tanzania sees largest Lutheran church expansion
» 09.03.2010 - Demands for Nigeria to stop massacres
» 23.02.2010 - Journalist abducted in Somalia
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» 02.02.2010 - Somali militant group declares affiliation to al Qaeda
» 25.01.2010 - Probe Muslim massacre - HRW
» 21.01.2010 - UN chief calls for restoration of peace in Nigeria
» 20.01.2010 - Nigerian religious clashes’ death toll up
» 19.01.2010 - Nigeria forces patrol Jos city
» 18.01.2010 - Religious clashes kill 12 in Nigeria
» 13.01.2010 - Egypt varsity bans surgical masks in exams hall
» 11.01.2010 - Deported Muslim Cleric back in Kenya
» 07.01.2010 - Kenya deports controversial Muslim cleric
» 04.01.2010 - Egyptian women to appeal niqab ban
» 11.12.2009 - 30 Christian women arrested in Eritrea
» 10.12.2009 - Clerics back government on Anti-Homosexuality Bill
» 08.10.2009 - Global Muslim population at 1.57 Billion, study estimates
» 07.09.2009 - Fresh talks expected next month in Sudan
» 28.07.2009 - Yar’Adua assures clean sweep of militants
» 28.07.2009 - Security beefed up in northern Nigeria
» 27.07.2009 - Violence spread to other Nigerian states
» 21.07.2009 - Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM
» 21.07.2009 - Prosecute officers responsible for Jos killings – HRW
» 04.06.2009 - Egypt Muslim scholars welcome Obama speech
» 13.05.2009 - Egypt continues slaughtering pigs despite protests
» 12.05.2009 - US condemns renewed clashes in Mogadishu
» 04.05.2009 - Got you swine...!
» 27.04.2009 - Kenya ready to counter attacks - deputy minister
» 30.03.2009 - 5 missionaries expelled for trying to convert Muslims
» 19.03.2009 - Bin Laden urges Somalis to oust the president
» 17.02.2009 - British missionary in court again
» 21.01.2009 - Three Eritrean Christians die in military camps
» 05.12.2008 - Two Britons charged with sedition in Gambia
» 02.12.2008 - Egypt revokes ban on doctor's visas
» 01.12.2008 - Religious clashes victims laid to rest
» 12.11.2008 - Egypt contests doctor's conviction
» 07.11.2008 - Somali stoning victim was a mere child, not an adulterous woman
» 03.11.2008 - Morocco bans French magazine
» 28.10.2008 - Somali woman stoned to death for adultery
» 27.10.2008 - Pope to visit Cameroon and Angola next year
» 07.10.2008 - Trouser-wearing women beaten up in Sudan
» 16.09.2008 - Preacher arrested for having too many wives
» 01.09.2008 - Nigerian cleric accepts to bin 82 wives
» 25.08.2008 - SA relief workers detained in Uganda
» 20.08.2008 - UN condemns Algeria blast
» 18.08.2008 - Mauritania junta assures quick presidential poll
» 07.08.2008 - Gambia denounces Shia faith
» 17.07.2008 - African bishops shun conference in Canterbury
» 03.07.2008 - Algerians convicted for Christianity
» 02.07.2008 - Dozens killed in Chad religious clashes
» 30.06.2008 - Tussle over Ghana's presidential award
» 03.06.2008 - More believers detained in Eritrea
» 03.06.2008 - Gambian police arrests "gay tourists"
» 02.06.2008 - Senegal leader rules out dialogue with opposition
» 23.04.2008 - Sudan starts crucial census
» 11.04.2008 - Kony's concerns "legimitate"
» 10.04.2008 - Tutu condemns gay persecution
» 08.04.2008 - MP's death shocks Senegal
» 02.04.2008 - Doubts cast on Egypt polls
» 14.03.2008 - Chad, Sudan sign peace deal
» 14.03.2008 - Wade damns Islamophobia
» 14.03.2008 - Islam prohibits terrorism
» 13.03.2008 - Genocide priest jailed for life
» 27.02.2008 - Activists petition Morocco
» 25.02.2008 - Senegalese homosexuals flee
» 21.02.2008 - Terrorist risks deportation
» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons
» 05.02.2008 - Senegal gay arrest condemned
» 04.02.2008 - Tremors strike Great Lakes
» 31.01.2008 - Libyan detainee battles illness
» 23.01.2008 - Mass circumcision in Rwanda
» 23.01.2008 - Prayer meeting ends in clash
» 14.01.2008 - Rwandans put away genocide
» 10.01.2008 - Kenyan ministers take oath
» 31.12.2007 - Senegal lost powerful cleric
» 30.12.2007 - Kibaki wins Kenya polls
» 20.12.2007 - Sudan leader preaches peace
» 20.12.2007 - Marriage scourge exposed
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