Kenya
The war against Christians must end (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 7, 2015
(RNS) I know how American Jews would be reacting if it had been Jewish students who were killed. We can only hope that Christian priests and pastors will do the same: Speak out about the lethal persecution of Christians.
Pope at Easter prays for killed Kenyan students, decries persecution
By Reuters — April 5, 2015
(Reuters) The pope spoke as churches in Kenya, where al Shabaab gunmen massacred nearly 150 people, singling out Christians for point-blank executions, turned to armed guards to protect their congregations on Easter.
At least 147 killed, hundreds rescued in Kenyan university attack that targeted Christians
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 2, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) “When our men arrived, they released Muslims. We are holding others hostage,” Ali Mohamud Rage, an Al-Shabab spokesman, was quoted as saying.
Kenya’s Catholic Church to fight hunger by farming its vast land reserves
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 10, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Since 1970, Kenya has faced repeated droughts, which experts say are more frequent, shorter in duration but more intense.
African church leaders worry about the ‘medicalization’ of female genital mutilation
By Fredrick Nzwili — January 9, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Doctors, nurses and other health practitioners are secretly performing the procedures at the request of families.
Kenya church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 10, 2014
(RNS) At a news conference on Wednesday (Dec. 10), Christian leaders said Muslims must redouble efforts to preach religious tolerance and end youth radicalization.
Kenya’s Catholic bishops: Tetanus vaccine is birth control in disguise
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 11, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Catholic bishops said they had tested the vaccine privately and were shocked to find it was laced with a birth control hormone called beta human chorionic gonadotropin.
In Kenya, a pastor with disabilities breaks barriers for others
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 8, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Rev. Dawn Gikandi, 31, is a rarity here -- a pastor who is a woman, a theologian, a social media devotee and a disabled person in a country that stigmatizes people who are physically impaired.
Kenya’s religious leaders demand government response to deadly terror attack
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 17, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Islamic militant group al-Shabab said it executed the attack, but the government disputes this.
Kenya’s new polygamy law bad for families, Christian leaders say
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 1, 2014
(RNS) The law legalizes polygamy, allowing men to marry multiple wives in a country where they previously were permitted to have one.
Amid widespread discrimination, he ministers to Nairobi’s gays and lesbians
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 30, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Rev. John Makokha ministers to sexual minorities and counsels family members who find their loved ones’ sexual orientation disturbing. His passion is to see an end to what he calls “religious homophobia.”
Kenyan Christian leaders oppose polygamy bill
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 27, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The bill's passage would allow men to marry as many women as they want. It awaits the president's signature.
Kenyan pastors ask for guns amid Christian-Muslim violence
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 31, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) "The government should issue AK-47 rifles to every church so that we can stop them from being burnt, our property from being looted and our pastors and Christians from being killed,” said the Rev. Lambert Mbela after another pastor was shot dead.
Christian lawyers in Kenya oppose transgender name change
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 11, 2013
(RNS) The Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship is challenging Audrey Mbugua’s name change petition, warning it would set a precedent contrary to the Christian view of creation and encourage gay unions.
Long an oasis of Christian-Muslim calm, Kenya may see more strife
By Ken Chitwood — October 8, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya RNS) Kenya has enjoyed relative peace between the two monotheistic religions that dominate the region. But that may be changing.
