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Nigeria: Special - Report On Religious Freedom in the World (AllAfrica.com)
From: Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2007/2008. By the Catholic pastoral charity, Aid to the Church in Need
Race and identity in 21st century Britain (Independent)
By comparison with the rich heritage of Saskia Nava, who weighed in at 6lbs 13oz at London's Royal Free Hospital last month, Barack Obama's mixed ancestry appears so mundane that it might struggle to arouse the interest of producers on Who Do You Think You Are?
Melting pot cracks as Muslims reject Christian names in France (Times Online)
They are born in France and called Louis, Laurent or Marie but they want to become Abdel, Said or Rachida. Such requests from immigrants’ children for name changes are mounting in the French courts and worrying a state that lays store on melding a single national culture.
Nigeria: Policemen Make Us Pregnant in Detention (AllAfrica.com)
To this end, many children born by the inmates are largely unclaimed, and the women, though some know the fathers of their kids, many of them do not.
In modern Cameroon polygamy doesn't pay (The Christian Science Monitor)
When life is more complex than just fields to tend, a passel of wives is more a financial strain than a status symbol.
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