Tonny Onyulo

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  Aiding flood victims in South Sudan, faith leaders work on long-term solutions

  With more than 750,000 people displaced by annual flooding, churches in the country have become involved in constructing dikes to safeguard thousands of lives at risk.

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  Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest

  After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.

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  A priest's kidnapping in South Sudan heightens fear among clergy in the country

  Dozens of church leaders have been kidnapped or killed by government soldiers or rebel fighters in the decade since the civil war began.

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  Islamist Nigerian militants press attacks against Christians to foment religious war

  "The terrorists are determined to kill every Christian in the region, and this is making us live in fear because we have already lost our loved ones."

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  South Sudanese refugees, fleeing a second civil war in Sudan, return home to bleak prospects

  The situation has prompted religious leaders in South Sudan to appeal to the international community to aid returning refugees.