News from May 2023
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Kenya
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution stipulates there shall be no state religion and prohibits religious discrimination.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Rwanda
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution and other laws prohibit religious discrimination and provide for freedom of religion and worship.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Zambia
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution declares the country a Christian nation but also provides for religious freedom and upholds the country’s multireligious composition.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Senegal
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution provides for the free practice of religious beliefs, provided public order is maintained, as well as for self-governance by religious groups without government interference.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Eswatini
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the right to worship, alone or in community with others, and to change religion or belief.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Djibouti
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but mandates equality for persons of all faiths.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Eritrea
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The law and unimplemented constitution prohibit religiously motivated discrimination and provide for freedom of thought, conscience, and belief, as well as the freedom to practice any religion.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Burkina Faso
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution declares that the country is a secular state.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Angola
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution defines the state as secular, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for freedom of conscience, religion, and worship.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Republic of the Congo
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religious belief.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ethiopia
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mozambique
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution provides for the right to practice freely or not to practice religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nigeria
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Seychelles
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution prohibits discrimination on any grounds and forbids any laws establishing any religion or imposing any religious observance.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Zimbabwe
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Cameroon
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution establishes the state as secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Gabon
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship and equality for all, irrespective of religious belief.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sudan
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
In October 2021, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military takeover that ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his government.
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Niger
By State Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and provides for freedom of religion and worship consistent with public order, social peace, and national unity.
Condemning Unilateral Actions by the Government of Kosovo
By State Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: The United States strongly condemns the actions by the Government of Kosovo to access municipal buildings in the north of Kosovo by force, actions it took against the advice of the United States and Kosovo’s European partners. These actions have sharply and unnecessarily escalated tensions, undermining ...