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Pastors plea for practical help as they seek healing for the land.
At the center of “Africa’s World War”, the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) has a hard and painful history. Wars, famine, or diseases such as HIV / [...]

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Around the middle of the 17th century, Abdelkerim led the Maba (or “Wadday”) people from animism to Islam, set them free from their oppressors and became their first sultan. He is said to have been a descendant of Abbas, an uncle of Mohammed.

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The English translation of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, is “The place of rest”. Unfortunately, N’Djamena has been anything but a place of rest for the past few decades: the history of this city is marked by ethnic conflicts, political unrest and even war in the 1980s.

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As indicated by its name, the Central African Republic (CAR) is a country situated in the geographical center of Africa. It has a varied climate and beautiful physical features, from the tropical rain forest in the south to the sub Sahara Sahalian region in the north.

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Muslim: 48%
Animist: 33%
Christian: (all denominations) 19%
Capital: Ouagadougou, pop. 824,000
Burkina Faso is a poor country
Historically Burkina Faso was the homeland of several powerful Black African kingdoms. These states managed to maintain their independence and successfully drove back Islamic influence from the North for hundreds of years. From the late 19th century until 1960, Burkina Faso was [...]

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