Tanzanian President Magufuli Downplayed Risks Of COVID-19. Now He's Dead

Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli died of a heart attack on March 17 after frequently citing prayer as the best way to ward off the coronavirus. His political opponents are claiming he died of COVID-19, there is not evidence of that claim.

Africa, NewsTom OsanjoMarch 19, 2021Tom Osanjo, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenyan media, Kenyatta, John Magufuli, John Pombe Magufuli, COVID-19, covid-19, Burundi, Africa, prayer, Science, science and faith, Secondary FeatureComment

In Fighting COVID-19, Tanzania’s President Chooses Prayer Over Science

(OPINION) Tanzania’s president has ignored science in battling COVID-19, opting for prayer instead. He is strongly criticized by his challenger in Oct. 28 presidential elections.

Africa, Opinion, PoliticsTom OsanjoOctober 25, 2020Tanzania, COVID-19, Kenya, Kenyatta, John Pombe Magufuli, coronavirus, pandemic, churches closeComment

Kenya’s churches reopen cautiously as COVID-19 infections are on the rise

Churches in Kenya are slowly reopening during the coronavirus pandemic, though some church leaders think their religious freedom is coming under fire with restrictions, including a limit of one hour for a worship service and a ban on adults 58 and older and youth younger than 18.

Africa, News, PoliticsTom OsanjoJuly 21, 2020Africa, Kenya, COVID-19, Christianity, coronavirus, church reopening, online church, online worship, Kenyatta, Jeff Koinange, FIFA, fifa world cup, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment

African faith groups condemned U.N. population conference for its abortion agenda

“Africans are being blackmailed: if you want development aid, you have to embrace abortion,” one pro-life Christian said.

Africa, NewsTom OsanjoNovember 18, 2019Tom Osanjo, UNFPA, abortion, reproductive rights, sexual health, women and girls rights, child marriage, African Christianity, Kenyatta, secondary feature, Secondary feature, Secondary Feature, ChristianityComment

Mourning the death of John Samuel Mbiti, ‘father of modern African theology’

There is one person’s body of work that came to define outsiders’ views on African religion more than any other in the past 50 years: Prof. John Samuel Mbiti, a Christian philosopher, Anglican minister and writer from Kenya.

Africa, Religion, OpinionTom OsanjoOctober 11, 2019Tom Osanjo, Kenya, John Samuel Mbiti, African theology, African Christianity, Center for Early African Christianity at Yale, Kenyatta, Secondary Feature, Christianity, AnglicanComment

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