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Senegal revives train line ahead of religious festival


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Senegal has temporarily brought back into service a long-closed railway line to take worshippers to an annual religious festival. Three trains, each capable of carrying 240 passengers, are being deployed on a 130-kilometre line between…

Kenya religious cult- Police exhume more bodies


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The death toll from the "Shakahola massacre" in a forest in southeastern Kenya, where a sect whose leader advocated fasting to "meet Jesus" was meeting, has now risen to 201 after the discovery of 22 new bodies, the region's prefect…

Senegalese parliament fights over insult to religious leader


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Lawmakers exchanged blows and hurled a chair in Senegal's parliament over a perceived insult towards an influential pro-opposition religious leader. An opposition MP slapped legislator Amy Ndiaye over her remarks, according to the…

ECOWAS Parliament: Religious tolerance panacea to regions development, integration


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The need for a sustained effort in interfaith dialogue in West Africa has been emphasized following the wave of religious intolerance, which has hampered the Economic Development of the region. A Professor of International Relations at…

DRC Religious groups to oppose new electoral chief


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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the appointment of the electoral chief Denis Kadima has attracted opposition mainly from religious groups and other opposition parties. Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in the electoral…