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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Tanzania
The constitutions of the union government and of the semiautonomous government in Zanzibar prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religious choice.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ghana
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination, stipulates individuals are free to profess and practice their religion, and does not designate a state religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Equatorial Guinea
The constitution provides for freedom of religion and worship and prohibits political parties based on religious affiliation.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sierra Leone
The constitution provides for the protection of fundamental human rights and individual freedoms, including freedom of thought and religion, subject to the interests of defense, public safety, order, morality, and health, and to the protection of other persons’ rights and freedoms.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: South Sudan
The transitional constitution provides for separation of religion and state, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides religious groups freedom to worship and assemble, organize themselves, teach, own property, receive financial contributions, communicate and issue publications on religious matters, and establish charitable institutions.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mauritius
The constitution prohibits discrimination based on creed and provides for the right of individuals to change, manifest, and propagate their religious beliefs.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Liberia
The constitution provides for the separation of religion and state and stipulates all persons are entitled to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, except as required by law to protect public safety, order, health, morals, or the rights of others. It also provides for equal protection under the law and prohibits religious tests for office and the establishment of a state religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Malawi
The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion and provides for freedom of conscience, religion, belief, and thought.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mauritania
The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and designates Islam as the sole religion of the citizenry and state.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Niger
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship consistent with public order, social peace, and national unity.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sudan
In October 2021, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military takeover that ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his government.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Gabon
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Cameroon
The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Zimbabwe
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion, including the freedom to practice, propagate, and give expression to one’s religion, in public or in private and alone or with others.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Seychelles
The constitution prohibits discrimination on any grounds and forbids any laws establishing any religion or imposing any religious observance.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nigeria
The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mozambique
The constitution provides for the right to practice freely or not to practice religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ethiopia
The country is a secular state; the constitution requires the separation of religion and the state, establishes freedom of religious choice and practice, prohibits religious discrimination, and stipulates the government shall not interfere in the practice of any religion, nor shall any religion interfere in the affairs of the state.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Republic of the Congo
The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Angola
The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for freedom of conscience, religion, and worship.