South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In this hard-hitting article Dr Michael Brown, a prominent US radio host and Christian leader, challenges the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on “religious cleansing” in Nigeria and challenges the West to take action. Originally published in The Christian Post Babies are being hacked to death. Children kidnapped. Women raped and […]
Originally published in The Christian Post US President Donald Trump and his counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, have been told that at least 16 000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since June 2015, many of them victims of radical Islamic violence. The International Society for Civil Liberties and the […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Jihad in Africa In the Sahara-Sahel region, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, along with other groups affiliated to Al-Qaeda, continues to carry out violent attacks, including the kidnapping of missionaries: Dr Ken Elliott in Burkina Faso, Jeff Woodke in Niger, and more recently a […]
Originally published in Christian Daily The US House of Representatives has labelled Nigeria as the world’s most dangerous place for Christians after a former Nigerian leader presented the challenges that believers in his country face. Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan presented the plight of the Christians in his country before […]
Copts are under attack. Originally published in The Atlantic Little could dampen the enthusiasm of 13-year-old Tony Atef as he wore his soccer outfit and headed to Egypt’s most successful club, Al Ahly, to partake in the team’s junior soccer try outs. After Tony scored two goals, a coach approached […]
Originally published in The Economist The travails of Aleppo, it is generally agreed, pose one of the great moral crises of our time. The city is also the location of some venerable Christian churches, going back to the faith’s earliest years, so you might expect that the world’s Christian leaders […]
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 World Watch Monitor A female preacher was hacked to death in the early hours of July 9 near Nigeria’s capital. “Buckle Up” Nigeria’s largest Church organisation issued a statement July 10 decrying not only the recent violence against Christians, but the government’s “lukewarm” response to it. ‘‘The […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Christians in Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, were bracing for widespread violence following the June 2 killing of a Christian woman, but the weekend and Sunday services passed without further violence. Bridget Patience Agbahime, 74, originally from the southern state of […]
Originally published in Assist News Sheikh Mohammed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers and previous leader of Mombasa’s Sakina Mosque, was assassinated by unknown gunmen on his way to morning prayers on June 10. According to a news release from human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), […]