Nigerian state declares itself Islamic
July 13, 2000
SOKOTO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Sokoto state declared itself Islamic beginning May 29, despite a federal government directive that no state should adopt a state religion.
Ethiopian denomination ordains first woman
July 13, 2000
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bekure Daba of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has become the first ordained woman in the 3 million-member denomination. The
Summer missionary killed in van crash
July 13, 2000
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A Georgia university student helping to build a church in Botswana was killed July 1 when the van in which he
Violence leaves 100 dead in Nigeria
June 29, 2000
KADUNA, Nigeria — Violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria has claimed an additional 100 victims as the government tries desperately to restore a sense
Open season declared on priests in Nigeria
June 29, 2000
KADUNA, Nigeria — Muslim extremists have declared open season on priests in Nigeria, a Catholic leader told Catholic World News. Father Peter Yakubu of Kaduna
Flights suspended to New Guinea
June 22, 2000
MENDI, Papua New Guinea — Missionary Aviation Fellowship is suspending flights to three villages in Papua New Guinea after the hijacking of one of its
Church of Brethren sees decline
June 15, 2000
ELGIN, Ill. — The small Church of the Brethren lost 1,707 members in 1999, representing a 1.2 percent membership drop for a church that now
Despite advancement, African nation remains hungry
June 15, 2000
Nearly 8 million Ethiopians are affected by severe drought, reports the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and 2 million more might be affected
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