6.7 Middle Africa

Middle Africa (as used by the United Nations when categorizing ‎geographic sub-regions) is an analogous term that includes Angola, ‎Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the ‎Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, ‎Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. All of the states in the UN sub-‎region of Middle Africa, plus those otherwise commonly reckoned in ‎Central Africa (11 states in total), comprise the Economic Community ‎of Central African States (ECCAS).‎

Key Temporary Issues in Middle Africa
The key Islamic issues in Middle Africa does not differ much from ‎those of Muslims in other parts of the continent; poverty, lack of ‎adequate Islamic education, conflict, influence of tribal traditions and ‎the deteriorated situation of women and children are the most ‎prominent among others. For brevity, I quote only few cases to ‎explain the key challenges facing Muslims there. ‎