Governments throughout Africa employ religious slogans, symbols, and doctrine to advance their political interests and to undermine religiously inspired sources of violence. Different contexts and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to surge globally, Catholic religious sisters in Africa have moved in to support their governments’ efforts to combat the pandemic on the ...

Addis Ababa, May 15, 2025 (ENA) -- African religious institutions and leaders should advocate for positive and peaceful ideals to foster broader social cohesion in the continent and beyond, African ...

As of 2020, the Middle East-North Africa region – the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam – is home to 440 million people, up 24% since 2010. Muslims make up the vast majority of the ...

The wide collection of cross-national Pew Research Center surveys analyzed in this report on age gaps in religious commitment can also be used to look at the ways religious observance varies among all ...

Martha Karambu Koome, the chief justice in Kenya, called upon delegates at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Nairobi this week to have a “united stance” in fostering religious ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As the International Religious Freedom Summit takes place in Nairobi, Kenya, one priest says “Africa is becoming increasingly fragmented.” “Africa needs to be reconciled to herself ...

Calvin D. Ullrich receives funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The shifting relationship between state and religion has historically been ...