Karimi has set out to dilute the influence of the Jamiat officers and defuse ethnic tensions.

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Many of these groups have been backed by political figures or ethnic figures in the Niger Delta, to vie for influence ahead of elections in 2007.

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Cultural diversity and mutual influence of cultures in a changing world, re-examining principles of inter-ethnic and inter-confessional communication.

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Catholicism is also a strong cultural influence in Africa's continuing search for answers to the challenges of poverty, diseases, ethnic and religious conflicts, wars, political and economic problems, radical Islamic fundamentalism, and how to mitigate the effects of climate change and natural disasters.

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