Muslim: 48%
Animist: 33%
Christian: (all denominations) 19%
Capital: Ouagadougou, pop. 824,000
Burkina Faso is a poor country
Historically Burkina Faso was the homeland of several powerful Black African kingdoms. These states managed to maintain their independence and successfully drove back Islamic influence from the North for hundreds of years. From the late 19th century until 1960, Burkina Faso was [...]

Each January a large Pastors conference takes place in Kinshasa, the capital. A constant prayer request from the Pastors conference is for Bibles! Pray that bible organizations would hear and that large shipments of French bibles would come to the Congo. In the Congo, rape is a cheaper weapon of war than bullets, also among Muslims. Pray that young women will not associate this horror with "Christian" Rebels.

The English translation of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, is “The place of rest”. Unfortunately, N’Djamena has been anything but a place of rest for the past few decades: the history of this city is marked by ethnic conflicts, political unrest and even war in the 1980s. Today, N'Djamena has a population of about one million - and significant urban expansion is still continuing. Muslims in N'Djamena are politically, economically and religiously powerful, as well as imposing and sometimes even aggressive, making many of the Christians in the city feel inferior.

Some of the Kanuri tribes do not yet have a translation of the Bible in their native dialect; others tribes have only portions of the Bible. Kanuri main tribes consist of the Yerwa Kanuri, the Manga Kanuri, and Kanembu Kanuri.

Around the middle of the 17th century, Abdelkerim led the Maba (or “Wadday”) people from animism to Islam, set them free from their oppressors and became their first sultan. He is said to have been a descendant of Abbas, an uncle of Mohammed.

As indicated by its name, the Central African Republic (CAR) is a country situated in the geographical center of Africa. It has a varied climate and beautiful physical features, from the tropical rain forest in the south to the sub Sahara Sahalian region in the north. Current economic difficulties are proving to be a source of growth for Islam in the CAR. Several Arab countries are openly multiplying their gifts and investments in the CAR with the goal of encouraging the proclamation of Islam.