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Mali’s Church Leaders Blame “external perceptions” for Christian Persecution Reports, Applaud Interfaith Dialogue

Jan 2, 2026

Church leaders in Mali have pushed back against reports suggesting that Christians are facing targeted persecution in the West African nation, attributing such claims to “external perceptions” and underscoring the country’s long-standing culture of peaceful coexistence between members of religious communities.

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Urgent “need to sustain culture of genuine interreligious dialogue”: Nigerian Prelate

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At a conference bringing together a section of members of Nigeria’s Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP), the Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama has recalled the challenges of religious intolerance, extremism and violence in his country and called for genuine dialogue between members of different religions as the way to peace in Africa’s most populous nation.

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