South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Coptic Christian YouTuber in Egypt has been sentenced to five years in prison with hard labour after posting videos explaining and defending the Christian faith. Augustinos Samaan, who has more than 100,000 subscribers, was convicted under the country’s blasphemy laws, facing charges of […]
Originally published in The Whistler In a major judicial turn of events, the Kenyan Court of Appeal has overturned a previous High Court judgment that had affirmed the right to abortion as a fundamental constitutional provision. The ruling, delivered on Friday, marks a significant shift in a long-running legal battle […]
Originally published in Christian Daily The trial of an Egyptian Christian imprisoned on charges related to his conversion from Islam and his attempt to change his religious designation on identity papers opened on Tuesday April 21 in Cairo. Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek was arrested in July under “terrorism” related charges. […]
Originally published in Christian Daily A US-based Christian mission organisation is launching an ambitious healthcare initiative in Rwanda, aiming to train thousands of African medical workers and expand access to care across underserved communities. GFA World said it plans to open a 300-bed specialist hospital in June as part of a […]
Tha South African government has remained “indefensibly silent” about widespread and escalating anti-Christian violence across Africa, says Bafana Modise national spokesman of South African Friends of Israel. “In SAFI’s first quarterly report and statement on Christian Massacres & Persecution in Africa, the organisation can confirm that over 200 000 African […]
Evangelist Reini Coetzee reached another significant milestone in his 10 000 km Crosswalk Africa mission today when he wheeled his wooden cross from Mozambique into Malawi at the Dedza border post. Since embarking on his Cape Town to Jerusalem trek on March 16 last year he and the cross have […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a Gospel event, sources said. Alfred Kitenga was beaten and stabbed at about 9.30pm along the Northern Bypass in Kawaala, Wakiso District, after […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A church leader in Sudan has said more people are coming to Christ there despite ongoing violence between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces. This weeks marks three years since the civil war began, and since then, hundreds of thousands of people have […]
Originally published in The Pillar Christians in Nigeria once again celebrated Holy Week and Easter against the backdrop of violence. That is sadly unsurprising given the general lack of security in the West African country and the relentless attacks on the Christian community in recent years. But while it’s clear […]
Originally published in Gateway Pundit The Islamic State Central Africa Province, known as ISCAP or the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), carried out a series of attacks on Christian communities in eastern Democratic Republic of The Congo in March and April. The ADF originated as a Ugandan Islamist rebel group, made contact with the Islamic […]