South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christianity Today Christians in the Niger are still reeling from the destruction of more than 70 churches over the weekend as Muslims angry from the Charlie Hebdo cartoons attacked these places of worship. According to the World Watch Monitor, at least 10 people were killed during the […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A member of a religious order and a French aid worker were kidnapped at gunpoint Jan. 19 in the capital of the Central African Republic. One of the victims, a man identified as Gustave, is a member of the congregation of Holy Spirit who […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor Several African leaders, concerned by the rise of Islamism in the continent, attended the Paris anti-terror march, on Sunday, January 11. Among the 50 foreign leaders who marched there, African heads of state included those from Mali, Niger, Senegal, Benin, Togo, and Gabon. They […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner A Massachusetts doctor who contracted Ebola in August while on a medical mission in Liberia announced his plan to return to the hot zone nation this week. Dr Richard Sacra, a University of Massachusetts Medical School faculty member, received treatment in Omaha, Nebraska, where he […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A building used as a church by Sudanese Christians is being torn down by police after worshippers fell into a dispute with a group that claims to own the building. The evangelical church community in Bahri, a suburb of Khartoum, had formed a human […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Al Shabaab militants have slaughtered 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya – all of the victims are believed to be Christian. Local residents told the BBC that the militants separated the group from Muslim workers before shooting them dead. Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya on Saturday in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers. Three of the group led out to be killed saved their lives […]
Originally published in Christian Today A group of youths with machetes and knives killed three people on Kenya’s coast after police raided two mosques that officials said were used to recruit Islamist militants, police said on Tuesday. At least two of the three were Christian. About 10 youths chanting “Allahu […]
Originally published in The Blaze Poverty, starvation and illiteracy are just a few of the tragic problems facing children and families in Sudan and South Sudan, where violence continues to rage following South Sudan’s independence in 2011. While these issues are monumental in scope and seemingly unsolvable, that hasn’t stopped […]
Originally published in Black Christian News Service A surgeon who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone has passed away in a hospital in Nebraska, where he had been flown for treatment, officials announced Monday. Dr Martin Salia, 44, had been described repeatedly by health workers as being much […]
