South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Daily Six Christian workers abducted in South Sudan on September 26 were released on Thursday (October 1), sources said. The Young Life South Sudan workers were traveling from Kajo Keji to Maridi, a town in Western Equatoria state, on Juba-Yambio Road when unidentified gunmen ambushed their […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News The tradition of preachers sharing the gospel on Ghana’s public buses may now be a thing of the past, as authorities enforce new traffic laws. Regulations prohibit preaching or hawking on public service vehicles while in motion, punishable with up to eight months in […]
Originally published in Christian Daily International The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has begun a humanitarian operation to bring at least 500 Nigerians back home from South Africa. One hundred Nigerians arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sept. 24 after travelling from Johannesburg. They were received […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily Lawyers for Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a young Sufi musician who has spent more than six and a half years in prison facing a death sentence for alleged blasphemy, have renewed their call on the Supreme Court of Nigeria to restore his case to its cause list […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Christians in Nigeria were killed at a rate of one every 86 minutes between January 1 and September 8, most of them in the Middle Belt that receives low priority in Nigerian and U.S. security policy, a new report by a U.S.-based aid agency […]
Last Friday Crosswalk Africa evangelist Reini Coetzee reached the 4 000km mark in his mission to wheel a wooden cross 10 000km from Cape Town to Jerusalem. He said he and his two Tanzanian volunteers, David Noah Malamboma and Isaya Mwainyekule , arrived at Zakayo Lodge in Chimala, Tanzania, where […]
Originally published in Frontpage Yet another jihadist attack in north Cameroon has led to the kidnapping of two Christians. Boko Haram terrorists reportedly abducted the Christians on August 10 when they targeted the village of Mahoula in Mayo-Sava Division, an area notorious for the terror group’s attacks and its splinter operations because […]
Originally published in The Christian Post For six and a half years, Jeff Woodke, a missionary worker with Youth with a Mission Relief and Development, slept outside in the West African desert, often with chains around his ankles. There was no room, no bed and, for much of that time, almost no […]
Originally published in Christian Daily International Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on September 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an unauthorised, non-Muslim religious service, sources said. The House of Refuge shelter in L’Ayaida, 36km east of Oran, serves […]
Originally published in Christian Today Abductions linked to extremist violence in Nigeria more than doubled in the final three months of 2025, according to a new report warning that insecurity in the country is worsening again after several years of comparatively lower violence. The report, titled ‘Nigeria at the Crossroads,’ […]