Guy Aimé Eblotié

1 month ago | international.la-croix.com | Guy Aimé Eblotié

As political tensions rise ahead of Ivory Coast’s October presidential election, the country’s Catholic bishops have called on the government to ensure the “political inclusion of all candidates” on the electoral roll in order to guarantee a “peaceful and inclusive election.” In a statement read March 24 by Bishop Marcellin Yao Kouadio of Daloa, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ivory Coast, the prelates urged national authorities to take action toward “a political decision to...

1 month ago | international.la-croix.com | Guy Aimé Eblotié

For the first time in Nigeria, the northern states of Kano,Katsina, Bauchi, and Kebbi have ordered schools to close throughout the Muslim holymonth of Ramadan, daily fasting from dawn to sunset. Muslims worldwide observe Ramadan as one of Islam’s five pillars,alongside prayer, the declaration of faith, almsgiving, and the Hajj. In muchof West Africa, including Nigeria, the fast—mandatory for Muslims from age10—began March 1.

1 month ago | la-croix.com | Guy Aimé Eblotié

C’est une décision sans précédent au Nigeria. Les États de Kano, Katsina, Bauchi et Kebbi, dans le nord du pays, majoritairement musulmans, ont décidé de fermer les écoles primaires et secondaires, durant la période du jeûne du mois de Ramadan. Le Ramadan est l’un des cinq piliers de l’islam avec la prière, la profession de foi, l’aumône obligatoire et le pèlerinage à La Mecque.

2 months ago | international.la-croix.com | Guy Aimé Eblotié

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and the Christian Council ofGhana (CCG), which represents 31 Protestant and evangelical churches, havecondemned their “exclusion” from the National Education Forum. “While the list of invited national stakeholders includes some organizationsaffiliated with our institutions, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference and theChristian Council themselves have been left out,” they said in a statementreleased Feb. 18.

2 months ago | international.la-croix.com | Guy Aimé Eblotié

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Ivory Coast launched a new initiative that aimed to change attitudes toward people with mental illness. The campaign, promoted by the bishops' Commission for Social Ministry and Integral Human Development, was presented on World Day of the Sick Feb. 11.