At least half of all Christians in sub-Saharan Africa believe Jesus will return to Earth in their lifetime -- part of a pattern that indicates the region is among the most religious places in the world, according to a huge new study.

In almost any discussion of religion and Africa, stereotypes recur. Depending on where they have been, outsiders portray the continent either as an arena of looming conflict between rival faiths--or else as a happy-go-lucky world where different beliefs can easily co-exist, sometimes in the same person's head.

Foreign PolicyFaith in AfricaElizabeth Dickinson2010 04 15 The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life has just released a unique survey of religion on the African continent unparalleled in its breadth of geographic and topical coverage. Perhaps its most

Ghana TodaySub Saharan Africa one of the world's most religious placesGhana Today2010 04 15A continent that was more known for tribal shamans than for steeples and minarets has, in just 110 years, become one of the world's most religiously devout

Voice of AmericaSurvey finds one quarter of Africans fear religious conflict Selah Hennessy2010 04 15More than half the population in Nigeria and Rwanda fear future bloodshed along religious lines so says new research from the Pew Forum on Religion and

PoliticsDaily.comChristian and Muslim beliefs in Africa Lessons for U.S. foreign policyJeffrey Weiss2010 04 15If I told you there was a part of the world where large populations of Christians and Muslims say they are getting along pretty well, where majorities

BBCTen things we have learnt about Africa BBC2010 04 15The Pew Research Center has just released one of the biggest ever studies on attitudes to religion and morality in Africa, which has revealed a host of interesting facts. Here are

Religion News BlogUS study sheds light on Africa’s unique religious mixReligion News Blog2010 04 15WASHINGTON (AFP) – In the space of a century, Africa has morphed from a continent dominated by traditional beliefs to one where the majority of people

The U.S.-backed government of Somalia and its Kenyan allies have recruited hundreds of Somali refugees, including children, to fight in a war against al-Shabab, an Islamist militia linked to al-Qaeda, according to former recruits, their relatives and community leaders.

Several of Sudan’s biggest opposition parties announced Thursday that they were planning a full boycott of the national elections this month, casting a cloud of uncertainty over Sudan’s first multiparty vote in more than 20 years and complicating the landmark agreement that ended decades of civil war in the country.

Reporting from Maiduguri, Nigeria — Nigeria's "Taliban," named for its heroes in a far-off land, could provide willing recruits for attacks on American targets, one of the group's leaders boasted in a rare interview that had the trappings of a spy novel.

 It does not happen often: Christian lobbyists, the sort who favour prayer in American classrooms and crucifixes in Italian ones, lining up on the same side as secularists who battle to curb religion’s role in the public square.

Hundreds of enraged protesters marched through the streets of Mogadishu on Monday to protest against the Shabab, a militant Islamist insurgent group, in one of the largest demonstrations in recent years.

A donors' conference composed mainly of Islamic countries has pledged some $850 million in reconstruction aid to help ease the suffering for the people of Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region. But don’t expect that this money will mean a quick end to the seven-year-long conflict.

 A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use "the sword and the spear" to rise up against Christians in Africa's most populous nation, according to a translation released Tuesday by a U.S. group that monitors militant sites.

The preliminary peace treaty signed Tuesday night between the most powerful rebel movement in Darfur and the Sudanese government is the culmination of a shift in regional politics that could help bring Darfur's sputtering conflict to an end, Sudan observers say.

A Ugandan pastor who screened same-sex pornography in a church to try to bolster support for proposed anti-homosexuality legislation has been condemned by gay rights groups.

What was supposed to be Kenya’s first gay wedding was cancelled yesterday, after a wave of protests from the country’s religious community.

Once a fortnight, 50 or so Nigerians furtively log on for an online Bible study class.