Rwanda closes “shoddy” churches and a mosque

Rwandan authorities say 714 churches and one mosque in Kigali are being shut for failing to meet safety and hygiene standards. The crackdown is expected to move beyond the capital. Anastase Shyaka, who heads the board monitoring public and private institutions, says some churches conduct their worship services in shoddy and unclean structures, to the […]

Traffickers selling body parts from Angola

A Catholic priest says human traffickers are kidnapping people and selling their vital organs across Angola’s extended border with the Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Angola doesn’t have a specific law to fight human trafficking, which make prosecution difficult. ends intro Father Zeferino Passagem tells the Angolan news agency ANGOP that the traffickers […]