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One strong motivation for Pope Francis to make the trip is that the African church is an increasingly large share of the pontiff's overall flock. (Associated Press)

Pope Francis’ Africa visit generates excitement, unrealistic expectations

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, young members of the congregation sing and pray during a service at the St. Peter's Catholic Church in Garissa, Kenya. This Kenyan town in which Islamic extremists killed nearly 150 at a college of mostly Christian students in April offers a snapshot of what France and Lebanon, both targeted in recent attacks, and other countries face - the challenge of harmonizing Christian-Muslim relations at a time of danger from extremists - an issue that Pope Francis is expected to address during his trip Nov. 25-30 to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Amid terror fears, pope presses ahead with Africa trip

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In an Aug. 2012 file photo, General Babacar Gaye, head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), gives a news conference in Damascus, Syria. Gaye, the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, resigned Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the request of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, over the force's handling of a series of sexual and other misconduct allegations. Ban Ki-moon has called a special session of the U.N. Security Council for Thursday over the issue of sexual abuse allegations that has rocked the world body. (AP Photo/Salman Muzaffar, File)

Ban fires UN peacekeeping chief in Central African Republic

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A United Nations flag (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

U.N. peacekeepers accused of death, rape in African mission

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2006, file photo, Anders Kompass, the U.N. High Commission for Human Rights representative in Guatemala, speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Guatemala City. For months, the U.N.’s top human rights officials knew about allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic, collected by their own staff. But they didn’t follow up because they assumed French authorities were handling it. When the allegations were first publicly reported, part of the uproar was over the suspension of the Geneva-based U.N. human rights staffer who first informed French authorities, Kompass. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

U.N. officials let child sex abuse claims linger

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

An internal United Nations report accuses French soldiers of sexually abusing children in the Central African Republic. (Image: CNN screenshot)

French soldiers accused of sexually abusing Central African Republic children: U.N. report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Fighters from the jihadist rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham march in Raqqa, Syria, from an undated photo released on a jihadist website Jan. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. religious freedom commission calls for criminal prosecution of Islamic State

By Mark A. Kellner - Deseret News

French President Francois Hollande, center, arrives for a meeting of the European Socialists prior to an emergency EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, April 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts) ** FILE **

Francois Hollande, French president, vows punishment for any child rapes in Africa

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Lessons: Before the Central African Republic war, "Our kids could play and go to school together without differentiating who's a Muslim or Christian kid," a refugee said. (Associated Press)

Christian-Muslim conflict in Central African Republic has refugees afraid to leave camps

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to the The Washington Times

Relatives and mourners of Shiite pilgrims who were killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, protest sitting next to their bodies, in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Shiite Muslims in Baluchistan protested Wednesday in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, demanding action to stop the continued violence against their sect; they brought the coffins of many of the dead into the streets as part of their protest. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

HUSAIN: Counting violent Muslim deaths by country in 2014

By Rahat Husain