Africa News

At least 10 Christians slaughtered in Taraba State, Nigeria

Originally published in Worthy News At least ten Christians were murdered in northeastern Nigeria last week when suspected radicalized Islamic Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in Taraba state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Over 50,000 Christian Nigerians have been slaughtered by Islamic terrorists, including Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram, and Islamic State […]

‘Logos Hope’ on mission to get Africa to tell world what God is doing in continent

God has given a theme for OM mission ship Logos Hope’s current African voyage, OM South Africa coordinator Francois Pienaar told church and ministry leaders in Gqeberha today. The theme is “Our Story, God’s Story”, he said, at a briefing on the ship’s South Africa visit early next year. Logos […]

Nigerian Christian family faces years of persecution for rejecting idol worship

Originally published in Christian Headlines For 10 years, a Christian family in Nigeria has faced persecution — sometimes becoming brutally violent—for rejecting the practice of idol worship. In Southeast Nigeria’s Imo State, members of the Okoro* family have been kidnapped, tortured, and threatened with death for turning their backs on […]

Muslim sets wife on fire for becoming Christian

Originally published in The Christian Post A woman in eastern Uganda has been hospitalised with serious burns after her Muslim husband discovered she had converted to Christianity and set her on fire, area sources said. Hajara Namwase, a 32-year-old mother of three children in Kenkebu village, Budaka town, is still […]

Sudanese raids condemned as war crimes

Originally published in Church Times A church used by two different Christian congregations has been destroyed in the shelling of Sudan’s second largest city, during the continuing conflict between the Sudanese military and a paramilitary faction. The Church of Our Saviour, in Omdurman, which dates back to the 1900s, and was […]

Nigerian Christian university student abducted by Muslim group seeking her forced conversion

Originally published in Worthy Christian News  A campus watchdog group has warned that staff at Nigeria’s Kaduna State University assisted in the kidnapping and forced conversion to Islam of a female Christian student, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Twenty-year-old Dorcas Adedayo Adekanola, was a first-year chemistry student at the university […]