Fitch, the global rating company has tipped Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress to win the 2023 election. The company in its report however said protests and social discontent are likely to increase in the aftermath of a Tinubu win. It said a win for the APC candidate would likely fuel sentiments of perceived marginalisation among Christians while supporters of his opponents may take to the streets to question the fairness of the electoral process.
Ethiopia: The Dichotomy between Religion and the State?
Have the Juba and Addis Ababa Agreements Untangled the Dichotomy between Religion and the State?
December 16, 2020
The debate around religion and the State in Sudan and how to define the role of Islamic law in the legal realm – and in public life in particular – is a riddle that has since independence haunted politicians and the Sudanese elite alike. Prior to separation, delineating this controversial relationship in Sudan’s different constitutions had been one of the most contentious issues between the North and South Sudan. Post-separation, it was indisputably the key point of disagreement between the armed movements and the Bashir regime (until it fell in April 2019) and remains today an issue that is yet to be resolved. The relation between religion and the State will need to be properly addressed if the Sudanese people wish to build a nation on the basis of citizenship, without discrimination based on religion, rac
The debate around religion and the State in Sudan and how to define the role of Islamic law in the legal realm â and in public life in particular â is a riddle that has since independence haunted politicians and the Sudanese elite alike. Prior to separation, delineating this controversial relationship in Sudanâs different constitutions had been one of the most contentious issues between the North and South Sudan. Post-separation, it was indisputably the key point of disagreement between the armed movements and the Bashir regime (until it fell in April 2019) and remains today an issue that is yet to be resolved. The relation between religion and the State will need to be properly addressed if the Sudanese people wish to build a nation on the basis of citizenship, without discrimination based on religion, race, or culture and without imposing an Arab-Islamic identity on a country so diverse.