Fredrick Nzwili
Fredrick Nzwili is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. For more than 15 years, he has written about religion, politics, peace and conflict, development, security, environment and wildlife. His articles have appeared in international media organizations among others; The Tablet, The Christian Science Monitor, The National Geographic and Kenyan local newspapers; The Standard and the People Daily.
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Kenya to ‘re-integrate’ hundreds of returning al-Shabab recruits
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 26, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Some returning recruits had quit al-Shabab on their own; others took advantage of an amnesty the government offered after the Garissa University massacre in April.
Despite the odds, one doctor promotes family planning in Muslim Nigeria
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 19, 2015
(RNS) For 10 years, Dr. Farouk Mohammed Jega, 45,has been championing evidence-based arguments to try to persuade clerics in Northern Nigeria that Islam supports family planning methods.
Meet the Nobel-nominated priest who rescues African refugees from Mediterranean
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 13, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Mussie Zerai, a 40-year-old Catholic priest from tiny Eritrea in North Africa, is getting recognition for his work rescuing African refugees in the Mediterranean.
Bible must be at center of Anglican meeting, global group says
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 18, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Some African bishops view a new Anglican structure as unnecessary and prefer restoring the communion to its original form.
Kenya’s Anglican church revokes priest’s license, suspends four others, over gay sex allegations
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 10, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A tribunal found one of the priests guilty and stripped him of his clergy credentials after examining the evidence by witnesses and his defense.
Kenya’s Council of Churches launches climate change campaign ahead of Paris conference
By Fredrick Nzwili — August 21, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The pan–African climate justice campaign, under the slogan ‘We Have Faith – ACT Now for Climate Justice’ seeks to mobilize African communities on climate justice, ahead of a Paris conference in December.
Kenyan clergy joins battle against deadly homemade brews
By Fredrick Nzwili — August 12, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The homemade alcoholic drinks, popularly dubbed chang'aa ("kill me quick") or Kumi Kumi (ten-ten shillings), are popular with the poor, who cannot afford commercially brewed bottled beer, which is heavily taxed.
2 pastors facing death sentences freed in Sudan
By Fredrick Nzwili — August 5, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Rev. Michael Yat and the Rev. Peter Reith, Presbyterian Evangelical church pastors, faced espionage and other charges.
Kenya Catholic bishops call for polio vaccine boycott
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 28, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The bishops questioned the safety of the vaccines, saying the manufacturer failed to provide requested information and the government disregarded the bishops’ request for tests.
African clergy to protest Obama’s gay-rights ‘agenda’ on trip
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 21, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Protesters have called for tactics ranging from throwing rotten eggs at the president to encouraging prostitutes to march naked in the streets during his visit.
Sudan detains 10 women for wearing miniskirts and trousers to church
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 13, 2015
(RNS) Police charged 12 women under Sudan’s 1991 Criminal Act, but two were released. The rest are to appear in court in the coming days. If convicted, each will face 40 lashes.
Another African country bans Islamic veil for women over terror attacks
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 18, 2015
(RNS) Chad, a majority-Muslim nation in Central Africa, become the second country on the continent to ban women from wearing the full-face veil.
African Catholic bishops see pope’s November visit as way to ignite faith
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 17, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Francis plans to visit the Central African Republic, then Uganda, and will possibly stop in Kenya in his first visit to the continent as pope.
Eritrea’s gross religious freedom violations force many to flee, UN report says
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 10, 2015
(RNS) The religious abuses are among a host of widespread human rights violations that are forcing its citizens to undertake deadly voyages to Europe through North Africa, the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights said.
Christian teachers in northern Kenya stage walkout because of terrorist fears
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 29, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) At least 95 public schools have been shut indefinitely as Christian teachers fear for their lives.
