INSIGTH: Govt honours Catholic missionary for charity

An American woman working as a Christian missionary in central Nigeria has been abducted, the Free Methodist Church USA says.

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Italian missionary sister beatified in Kenya
Catholic Culture
Cardinal Polycarp Pengo of Tanzania presided at the Mass of beatification, which took place at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri. The nation's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, was among the nearly 100,000 faithful who attended the Mass.
Kenya: Food vendors in Nyeri count losses as Catholic beatification fails to yield ...The Standard Digital News (satire)...

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A missionary life: Wagner raising $4k to go back to Tanzania
Paragould Daily Press
Paragould native Anna Wagner at the Chimala Mission in Tanzania on the east coast of Africa where she lives with her family. Wagner returned to Paragould in 2014 to attend school at Crowley's Ridge College, but she is currently raising money to return ...

Missionary Gregory Dow, 61, admits to abusing four girls in an orphanage that he helped set up.

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Pinda honours 2m/- Catholic choir pledge
Daily News
THE Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda, handed over 2m/- for the development of the Mchungaji Mwema Catholic Choir fulfilling the pledge he made last year. The money was handed over on his behalf by the Mvomero Member of Parliament, Mr Amos ...

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'New Constitution Honours Gender Equality'
AllAfrica.com
THERE is jubilation among women in different regions, after the Draft constitution decided to include a section that gives women the power to own and inherit land, just like their male counterparts. Women activists associations are among the groups which ...
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A Somali-born campaigner against female genital mutilation, Safia Abdi Haase, becomes the first African to be knighted in Norway.

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Firm honours Vanessa Mdee
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Musician Vanessa Mdee got a huge boost of his career when she was named an ambassador for the city-based paints firm, Tanzania Crown last Friday. The firm's CEO Rakesh Rao said Mdee deserves the title due to her popularity and performance in the ...

Zanzibar Judo Association (ZAJA) has unveiled a 17-member squad for this year’s East Africa Championship opening on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya.