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January 28, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Catholics Suspend National Activity In the Christian Association of Nigeria

The Roman Catholic Church has suspended its participation in meetings at the national level of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The Catholic bishops stated that “CAN is being dragged into …

Storm clouds gather over the Church of the Holy Trinity in Onitsha, Nigeria, April 14, 2005.

December 31, 1969

Elections and Voting
CFR's Campbell: Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria

CFR Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies John Campbell discusses the relations between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria. Campbell emphasizes that where religious divisions correspond to ethnic an…

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February 23, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
In Nigeria’s Plateau State, Christian Muslim Killings Continue

A sign is seen at a police check point near the main market following recent violent clashes in Nigeria's central city of Jos February 15, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) With the atrocitie…

In Nigeria’s Plateau State, Christian Muslim Killings Continue

April 29, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Christian Association of Nigeria Warns Against Arrest of Goodluck Jonathan

According to Nigerian media, the northern branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) warned President Muhammadu Buhari that “Nigeria would boil” if former President Goodluck Jonathan, the “…

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May 23, 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo
A Puzzling Attempted Coup in the DRC

A clumsy coup d’état attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals the underlying fragility of U.S.-DRC relations.  

The Congolese Republican Guard and police block a road around the scene of an attempted coup d'etat in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 19, 2024.