South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in World Watch Monitor After a period of relative calm, violence has returned to the Central African Republic (CAR), which was wracked by near-civil war and inter-religious violence between 2012 and 2014. Fighters from Central African Republic’s largely Muslim Seleka militia attacked refugees in Kaga Bandoro, in the […]
Originally published in Christian Today. More than 20 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 have been released, Nigeria’s government confirmed on Thursday. “The release of the girls…is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor. In Ethiopia, three teenage Christian girls have been arrested following the distribution of a Christian book in the town of Babile, about 550km east of the capital, Addis Ababa. Babile is close to the historic walled city of Harar, also known as the City […]
Originally published in Christian Today. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed the deaths of six Christians in an attack on a residential compound in Northeast Kenya on Thursday. “We are behind the Mandera attack in which we killed six Christians,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters. […]
Originally published in Christian Today When hundreds of missionaries urged locals in Kenya to pray for a revival, they did not expect that it would lead to thousands of lives being saved just 10 days later. Over 640 missionaries from around the world gathered to bring revival to a Kenyan […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A Nigerian Christian woman has refused to turn her back on her faith — even after Boko Haram militants murdered her husband and kidnapped her three children. According to a report from persecution watchdog Open Doors USA, Deborah Shettima converted to Christianity from Islam […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has informed that the number of South Sudanese refugees fleeing the country has passed the 1 million mark, Christian Telegraph reports according to CISA News Africa. With this milestone, South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia as […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald The first of the Chibok schoolgirls to be rescued after being kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 has revealed that her time in captivity only strengthened her faith and expressed confidence that God will one day deliver her classmates, as well. Amina Ali and […]
Originally published in Christian Today Pastor Evan Mawarire has been arrested, faced abuse, smears and even death threats. But now that he has gone to the United States and his plans are not clear, some of his supporters are turning on him saying they are “confused and betrayed” by his […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor. Nigerian Christians displaced by Boko Haram are beginning to return home. They are being encouraged by the government, which has won back territory from the insurgents but which is also struggling to provide enough aid. World Watch Monitor received a first-hand account from church […]