It is official: the Government receives an average of two new applications daily from people seeking to register churches.

When I called for Somali's division last week, I expected the vitriolic reaction I have received from the war-weary country's refugees in the US, Britain, Denmark, Eritrea and Mogadishu.

The Founder and Leader of the Arise Ghana Campaign, Mr. Bishop Boateng, has pleaded with Ghanaians to reform and portray lives pleasing to God, in order to ensure peaceful elections on December 7th.

Representatives of civil society, the media, faith-based organisations, public officers and parliamentarians from Cameroon, Central and Francophone West African countries have noted with regret that the hoarding of information by government officials negatively affects the socio-economic and political growth of a nation.

The most sensitive issue in any country today is religion and the reason is simple: most times, people try to politicise religion for selfish gains. Thwarting religious doctrine to suit political and economic interests has led to the downfall of many nations. At the same time, why should politics emerge in any religious preaching, if not for economic benefits?

During an official ceremony held on Friday on the occasion of Eid El Fitr, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received Eid El Fitr wishes from the Prime Minister, the Speakers of the Chamber of Representatives and Advisors, the members of the political bureau of the Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), the Mufti of the Republic, the members of the government, the Secretary Generals of political ...

THERE is this new gospel song that gets everyone asking about who did it. This is because there is something about the way it sounds that just blows your mind.

The town of Chitungwiza is set to roar into life when more than 15 gospel musicians clash during the inaugural Chitungwiza Central Hospital Gospel Music Fundraising Gala slated for Chibuku Stadium tomorrow.

THE Historic Schools Restoration Project was discussing with Education Minister Naledi Pandor a "third tier" of schools, fully funded by the government but managed autonomously, to add to SA's public and independent schools, Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said yesterday.

The full text of a statement issued by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of the Kenya Episcopal Conference on Thursday:

Those were some of the last words Kiambu cobbler-turned media celebrity James Kamangu Ndimu told his wife hours before he died at the Kenyatta National Hospital on Wednesday morning.

No fewer than 23 intending pilgrims from Niger State have been screened out by the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board.

Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSS), has thrown its weight behind the Niger State government's move to bring the controversial Mallam Muhammed Bello Masaba to book for not only marrying 86 wives, contrary to Muslim injunction, but for subjecting them to inhuman treatment.

Nine years ago, we were anxious to have a responsive civilian leader but our elites misguided us by recommending to us that we should vote for Chief Obasanjo and we did. After eight years of Obasanjo, we have nothing to show and the North is worse off. If our current leaders want to address the underdevelopment of the North, they should invest in four critical sectors.

Young people all over the world have been called upon to identify their hidden potentialities and work towards developing them.

CARITAS Uganda has hit back at the disaster preparedness minister for accusing the organisation of feeding the Lord's Resistance Army rebels, hence delaying the signing of the final peace accord.

WORLD renowned tele-vangelist Thomas Dexter Jakes, fondly referred to as TD Jakes, is expected in Zambia on Monday to meet the presidential hopefuls in an effort to maintain the prevailing peace ahead of this month's presidential election.

The code of personal status which was promulgated a few months after the country's independance in March 1956 and which put an end to polygamy, forced marriages and legalized divorce, "is constantly being updated to follow the developments of modern society", writes the Italian news agency ANSA-Med in an article released on August 26,2008.

On the occasion of Eid El Fitr, marking the end of the month of Ramadan, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received congratulatory messages from the Heads of States of Arab and Islamic countries, wishing him further success, and further progress and prosperity to the Tunisian people.

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali performed the traditional Eid-el-Fitr prayer on Wednesday morning at the "El-Abidine" mosque in Carthage.

From October 7 to 9, 2008, Zitouna University will host an international conference on "interfaith conviviality and international cultural challenges".

President Ben Ali convened on Friday a number of Imam -preachers to dinner. The Prime Minister, the Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies and Advisors, the members of the Democratic Constitutional Rally's (RCD) political bureau, the Mufti of the Republic and the members of the government were also invited.

Oshakati Magistrate Thomas Kanime on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old man to compulsory church service, after convicting him of theft.

The commission of inquiry instituted by the Plateau State government to investigate the activities of the State Muslim Pilgrims Board has demanded an explanation on why some 54 muslims who failed to perform the 2006/2007 pilgrimage were yet to be refunded their money.

As the Local Government election holds in Lagos, Saturday October 11, the Oshodi Christian Community has resolved to enthrone a tested, honest and credible personality as executve Chairman of the council.