Kenyan pastors have renewed calls to be allowed to carry firearms following the killing of a church official in Mombasa, but a lawmaker has rejected the plea.
The rise of the so-called Islamic State dominated headlines in 2014, and trained the eyes of the world back on the Middle East. Perhaps it should have looked at Africa as well.
Church leaders say attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab militants in Kenya are increasingly taking on an anti-Christian tenor, including targeted executions of non-Muslims.
Recent deadly attacks by militants in the northern region of Kenya have caused public sector workers including teachers and doctors to evacuate the area.
A row between the Catholic Church and the government over a tetanus vaccine aimed at women in their childbearing years has clergy urging people to shun the injection, saying it’s a stealth population-control ploy.