Africa News

Sudan releases one of two church leaders held since December

Originally published in brnow.org Sudan has released one of two church leaders jailed since December, sources said, leaving another pastor incarcerated without charges. Telahoon Nogose Kassa, head of discipleship at the embattled Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church, was released May 10 after Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested him […]

Churches burned in Tanzania

Originally published in World Watch Monitor Another church in Tanzania’s extreme north-west corner, Kagera — bordering Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda — was burned to the ground on May 2 by suspected arsonists. No group has claimed responsibility for the fire that destroyed the Roman Catholic church in Nyarwele. It is […]

Pastor chains himself to pole in anti-Mugabe protest

Originally published in IOL A pastor, who in December last year went on a solo demonstration against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in the resort town of Victoria Falls, has pulled another stunt. This time, Remnant Church leader Patrick Phillip Mugadza — now commonly known as the “Mugabe-must-go-pastor” — chained himself […]

Hundreds killed in Nigeria attacks

Originally published in World Watch Monitor Several days of attacks in February’s final days killed hundreds of people and sent thousands fleeting from largely Christian areas of Nigeria’s farming belt. The armed attacks in and around Agatu, in the central Nigerian state of Benue, had features long familiar to Nigerians: […]