The Harari people inhabit mainly the cities of Harar and Dire Dawa in eastern Ethiopia. Some Harari are also scattered in several other main urban centres of Ethiopia as prominent traders and shop owners. They are devoutly Muslim, and there are few known believers among this largely unreached people group.

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The Saho people of Eritrea are a nomadic people, whose lives are built around their herds. Numbering only 180,000 people they compose only about five percent of the total population of Eritrea.

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The Egyptian Nubians consist of seven non-Arab Muslim tribes that originated in Nubia, a name given to the area between Aswan in southern Egypt and Dongola in northern Sudan.

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In Egypt, most Gypsies call themselves Sunni Muslims, but in reality they often have very little religion. Their strong beliefs in the supernatural and miracles are opening doors for the gospel.

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* Pray for the existing Christian initiatives in working with disabled people (in Beni Suef, Asiut, and Assuan (Aswan)).

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Called the “Bride of the Sea”, Alexandria is located on the northwest corner of the Nile Delta.

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Let the Algerian desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where the Kel-Tamahaq live rejoice. Let the people of the Hoggar sing for joy, let them shout from the mountaintops. (based on Isaiah 42:11)

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Though many governments have ruled Algeria over the centuries, but, in the words of one writer, “The powers come and go, the Mzab stay.”

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Pray for strengthening of these young but dedicated churches through the various training programmes which have already started

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(Also known as Ishilhayn, Southern Shilha or Souss Berbers)
Souss Population: 3 million | Muslim: 99.9%
Some History of the Souss in Morocco
The original inhabitants of North Africa [...]

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