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isrepresentation of religious faiths by extremists groups has put young democracies in Africa under threat, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said, singling out freedom of
religion as particularly being threatened. While speaking at the Tana High-Level Forum on Security held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Uhuru said the intensity of conflicts witnessed globally is being prosecuted against the backdrop of
growing politicization and misuse of religion, which is feeding into an ‘unprecedented ideology driven by extremist violence’. “From ISIL in Iraq and Syria, Al-Qaeda and its global franchises, the extremist
groups in the Sahel, Boko Haram in West Africa to Al-Shabaab in the Horn of Africa, we have seen a brazen attempt to deny diversity of faiths,” he said during the weekend meeting. “Africa, a continent that accommodates
different religions, has reached an age that threatens the choice of faith,” President Kenyatta told the forum that brought together Eastern Africa Heads of State. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Fashion parade MEETING OF AFRICAN LEADERS: President Uhuru Kenyatta and other African leaders during the fourth Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa held at Bahir Dar in Ethiopia. The forum focuses on finding African solutions for Africa’s security challenges.
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