Chad

Cardinal to African faith leaders: Negotiate peace with terrorists

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — June 8, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As violence-torn Africa grows weary of solutions that haven’t worked, Nigerian Cardinal John Onaiyekan is proposing a controversial alternative.

Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

By Jerome Socolovsky — December 4, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not a final ruling on the travel ban: Challenges to the policy are winding through the federal courts, and the justices themselves ultimately are expected to rule on its legality.

America’s moral obligation in the global refugee crisis

By Jerome Socolovsky — May 26, 2016
(RNS) "If you’re a good swimmer, you’ve got an obligation to jump in the river to save a drowning child."

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.

Nigeria’s neighbors hope for a fresh start with President-elect Buhari

By Reuters — April 6, 2015
MALAM FATORI, Nigeria (Reuters) President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has called Nigeria's reliance on neighboring armies in Niger and Chad a disgrace and has vowed to restore the territorial integrity of Africa's most populous nation amid ongoing threats from Boko Haram.

Humanitarian aid needed as Central African Republic regroups

By Fredrick Nzwili — January 13, 2014
(RNS) Roman Catholic Archbishop Nestor Desire Nongo-Aziagbia of the Central African Republic said that although guns have gone silent, the crisis is far from over.
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