Tag: Christian persecution

North Korea expels Australian missionary

Originally published in Mission Network News The good news is that a 75-year-old missionary from Australia, John Short, is out of North Korea. The less good news (depending on your point of view) is that on March 3, 2014, he was expelled. Todd Nettleton, a spokesman for the Voice of the […]

8 Egyptian Christians abducted in last week

Originally published by International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learnt that at least eight Egyptian Christians from the Minya province have been abducted since January 25, 2014. The abductions, thought to be carried out by members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), are just a handful among the hundreds […]

Pastor and son killed as CAR violence continues

A pastor and his son are among the latest casualties of violence in the Central African Republic, which continues despite the recent appointment of Catherine Samba-Panza as interim president. The Rev Pierre-Séverin Kongbo, 52, his son Dieubéni were killed on January 28 by former members of the disbanded Séléka group […]