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[Pan-Africa] Fleeing from Chad, Waiting for Peace Refugees in Cameroon fill their days with conversation and worship. Photos by Ann Birch, with reporting by Susan Wunderink \| posted 2/19/2008 08:14AM Saving Faces Mercy Ships surgeons perform medical miracles daily in remote ports of call. Deann Alford in Accra, Ghana \| posted 12/14/2007 08:30AM	[Angola] World Vision Staff Missing Thousands flee Angolan rebels on foot Corrie Cutrer \| posted 5/01/2001 12:00AM "World Vision Locates Missing Staff, Assesses Damage in Angola" Two workers seriously injured Corrie Cutrer \| posted 5/01/2001 12:00AM

[Congo (Democratic Republic)] Miracle Vote Churches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rejoice over first free elections in 46 years. Isaac Phiri \| posted 1/17/2007 08:10AM Hope in the Heart of Darkness With 3.9 million dead and 40,000 raped, Christians work for renewal and healing in Congo's killing fields. Isaac Phiri \| posted 7/01/2006 12:00AM	[Egypt] Egypt's Identity Impasse Former Muslims seek to change their government-issued cards as outreach gains ground. Timothy C. Morgan in Cairo \| posted 4/14/2008 08:50AM News Briefs IRS investigation fallout, Muslim convert goes into hiding, and Gordon College receives gift. posted 10/29/2007 09:41AM

[Eritrea] Tortured to Death in Eritrea Fourth Protestant in a year killed by government forces. Jeff M. Sellers, Compass Direct \| posted 11/09/2007 09:04AM Redirected Tithe Eritrean officials seize church finances, jail Samaritan's Purse drivers. Compass Direct \| posted 2/15/2007 08:51AM	[Ethiopia] 'I Never Thought I'd See Anything Like that Again' A famine worse than that of 1984 threatens Ethiopia Timothy R. Callahan \| posted 5/01/2003 12:00AM Eritrea: Government shuts down churches. All Christian houses of worship are ordered shut without official explanation Jeff Taylor \| posted 8/05/2002 12:00AM

[Ivory Coast] Cote D'Ivoire: Missionaries flee violence Muslim rebel attacks force school closures David Miller \| posted 1/01/2003 12:00AM Post-election Violence Rocks the Ivory Coast Religious tensions compound chaotic presidential and parliamentary elections Geoff Stamp \| posted 1/01/2001 12:00AM	[Kenya] Political Eyes Wide Open Helping Kenya begins by rejecting simplistic analyses and solutions. A Christianity Today editorial \| posted 4/07/2008 08:50AM Q&A: Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka The vice president of Kenya since January, Musyoka ran for the presidency unsuccessfully in 2007. Interview by S. Mairori \| posted 3/14/2008 09:05AM

[Morocco] Q & A: Rich Cizik Rich Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) on a new initiative in Morocco. by Stan Guthrie \| posted 6/01/2004 12:00AM Moderating Morocco Christians combat Muslim fears, stereotypes. by Dawn Herzog Jewell \| posted 5/14/2008 04:20AM	[Mozambique] Surprised by Friendship Discovering where hope begins in a village in Mozambique. Cassandra Zinchini \| posted 1/11/2007 08:22AM Prison Ministry in Mozambique Missionary says women suffer grave injustices. posted 8/07/2000 12:00AM

[Nigeria] A Kinder, Gentler Shari'ah? Muslim states continue pressuring Christians. Obed Minchakpu in Jos, Nigeria \| posted 2/20/2008 09:12AM News Briefs Nigeria mob kills 10, pharmacists don't have to fill Plan B prescriptions, and Prison Fellowship bars UCC congregation from Angel Tree. posted 11/20/2007 08:58AM	[Rwanda] Forty Days for Rwanda Rick Warren, Kagame open Purpose Driven campaign. Alex Garcia in Kigali, Rwanda \| posted 4/17/2008 08:40AM From Hand Out to Hand Up Three Arkansas entrepreneurs are helping build Rwanda's largest bank for the poorest of the poor. Isaac Phiri \| posted 11/01/2007 09:10AM

[Senegal] Church Planting in Senegal Clarke wants the African-American church fired up about career mission service. posted 8/07/2000 12:00AM	[Sierra Leone] The Hard-Won Lessons of Terror and Persecution Overseas Christians reflect on painful experiences Art Moore \| posted 9/01/2001 12:00AM Dispatch From Sierra Leone: Suckled on Gunpowder Rescuing children with blood on their hands. Lorraine Hooper \| posted 12/06/1999 12:00AM

[Somalia] Inside CT: Bike Rides with Refugees There are 13 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. We show you the lives of four of them. By Tim Morgan \| posted 7/01/2004 12:00AM Saving Strangers The journey of one Somali Bantu family in the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history. Photo essay by Denise McGill \| posted 7/01/2004 12:00AM	[South Africa] Fleeing from Chad, Waiting for Peace Refugees in Cameroon fill their days with conversation and worship. Photos by Ann Birch, with reporting by Susan Wunderink \| posted 2/19/2008 08:14AM Saving Faces Mercy Ships surgeons perform medical miracles daily in remote ports of call. Deann Alford in Accra, Ghana \| posted 12/14/2007 08:30AM

[Sudan] Passages Remembering Hoke and Garcia; Hunter resigns; Deng honored. Compiled by CT staff \| posted 1/17/2007 08:17AM Does Darfur Have a Prayer? Genocide in western Sudan proves nearly impossible to stop. Tony Carnes \| posted 12/13/2006 08:41AM	[Uganda] Global Ultimatum The larger meaning of Anglican leaders' demand that the Episcopal Church change its ways. Timothy C. Morgan in Tanzania and Zanzibar \| posted 3/16/2007 09:35AM The Devil's Yoke A young woman describes her former life as a slave of rebel soldiers. Interview by Sheryl Henderson Blunt \| posted 2/26/2007 08:33AM

[Zambia] Abstinence Brings 'Dignity' Traveling in Africa, First Lady Laura Bush speaks in favor of faith-based HIV prevention. Isaac Phiri in Zambia \| posted 6/29/2007 12:25PM Zambian President Takes Action After Churches Criticize Him Mwanawasa surprises observers with his efforts to rout political corruption Ecumenical News International \| posted 8/01/2002 12:00AM	[Zimbabwe] Thug Bishop An ally of Zimbabwe's corrupt president fails in bid to launch a replacement Anglican province. George Conger \| posted 4/03/2008 09:15AM Pius and Impious Mugabe infiltrates churches, intimidates leaders. Sheryl Henderson Blunt \| posted 10/16/2007 08:39AM

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