Religion

After the Catholic bishops, the Protestants raise their voices against any postponement of the 2023 election. The Church of Christ of the Congo (ECC), the second largest religious denomination in the country, was unveiled on Saturday, March 27 in Kinshasa, its roadmap in the presence of elected officials and civil society activists . For Protestants, it is a real race against time that must begin now to hold elections in time. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa Time passes and the tone of the Protestant…

"Election reforms: the ambiguity of religious denominations". This headline on the front page of Le Potentiel calls for the eight religious denominations officially recognized in the Democratic Republic of Congo and "which, according to this diary, are already active in the appointment of the future leader of the Independent National Electoral Commission". "They demanded in advance profound reforms of the entire electoral system, including a review of the management of the outgoing office," the newspaper added. Le…

While in June 2020 they insisted that election reforms preceded the election of the leaders of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) and not the other way around, religious denominations have changed. They began the process of appointing a replacement for Corneille Nangaa, president of Ceni. Candidates start submitting their files.…

This week, strong tensions erupted between Christian and Muslim communities in Ilorin, the capital of the state of Kwara, in central Nigeria. This crisis resulted in the closure of ten public schools. At the heart of the dispute is the ban on wearing the Islamic veil imposed on Muslim students in a dozen predominantly Christian schools in the city. Despite government intervention, eager to guarantee…

In Senegal, an organized day of mourning and prayer was organized on Friday, March 12, in memory of the victims of the recent protests. Problems that have left 10 dead, government sources, at least 11 according to the protest movement. The Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D), which brings together political parties and civil society organizations, especially demands the release of those arrested…

The US added Nigeria on Monday (December 8) to its record of nations "of explicit curiosity" when it comes to spiritual freedom, thought-about "the primary freedom" by the pinnacle of US diplomacy Mike Pompeo. "US assist for spiritual freedom is unwavering," he mentioned on Twitter. "The annual blacklist exhibits that when…

Ivory Coast desires its hundred-year-old Sudanese mosques to be a UNESCO World Heritage Website. The file was submitted this yr and is awaiting potential validation. Guided tour. The time is 13.00 this Friday within the city of M'Bengue, which is positioned 75 km north of the city of Korhogo. The villagers step by step go to…

Today there is a stone that is not there. So there are two stones left and you understand why we are moved, why we are in pain because a part of ourselves is not there and we are suffering. That is why we say that this moment is a painful moment. Imam Kobin was a man with integrity, a man who knew how to lead his society, he is a researcher but who had great simplicity, not to say humility. Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga Esdras…

In Dakar, several thousand Senegalese gathered on Saturday, November 7, to demonstrate against Islamophobia but also against the caricatures of the Prophets Muhammad in European media, and especially in the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. .

In Gabon, mosques will open their doors for the first time in seven months on October 30. as reported from Libreville, Yves-Laurent GomaIn March, the Gabonese government closed churches and mosques to slow the spread of Covid-19. On October 16, following strong pressure from the Catholic Church and the resurrection churches,…