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Kenya could have its first professing born-again Christian president next year, say supporters of Professor James Ole Kiyiapi, 51, a candidate in the 2013 election. Kenya goes to the polls on March 4 to choose a successor to President Mwai Kibaki, to become the fourth president in the nation’s 50 […]
Originally published in Christian Post A 9-year-old boy was killed and several others were hurt in a grenade attack on a children’s Sunday school class in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Sunday morning. Two of the injured are said to be critical. The children were attending a Sunday school class at […]
In yet another bombing targeting Christians in Nigeria, four people and the suicide bomber were killed and more than 48 people were injured outside a Catholic church in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday. The suicide bomber, suspected to be a member of the Islamist terror outfit Boko Haram, […]
Originally published in barnabasaid Barnabas Fund is launching a major rescue operation to airlift 2,000 of the neediest, most vulnerable Christians stranded and endangered in Sudan to safety and a new life in South Sudan. The first of 12 chartered flights are due to leave Khartoum for Juba on 7 […]
Originally published in Christian Post Namibia is considering reintroducing Bible studies in public classrooms in order to combat the rising problem of alcohol and drug abuse that some say is eroding the country’s moral values. The Ondonga Traditional Authority (OTA) in Namibia said that it is time for the […]
Originally published in Persecution Blog A teenager in Tanzania was sentenced to two years in prison last month after being accused of desecrating the Quran. Eva Abdullah, 17, converted from Islam to Christianity three years ago. After her conversion, her parents disowned her and a group of radicals in her […]
By INcontext: A World In Motion In less than a week, the Muslim Brotherhood has made great strides towards consolidating its power in Egypt. Last Wednesday, newly elected president Mohammed Morsi fired his intelligence chief and other top security officials, using the killing of 16 soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula […]
Originally published in barnabasaid The ruling Islamist party in Tunisia has introduced a bill that would outlaw insulting Islam, a move criticised by human rights’ advocates as threatening freedom of speech and religion. Ennahda introduced the draft law to criminalise offences against “sacred values” in the National Constituent Assembly on […]
Originally published in barnabasaid Church leaders in Egypt have criticised Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s new government, saying that is fails to fairly represent the country’s sizeable Christian minority. Following his election in June, Morsi had promised an inclusive administration, saying that his ministers would represent a cross-section of society. He […]
Gunmen armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles surrounded a church in central Nigeria and opened fire during a Monday night worship service. According to the Associated Press report, the attackers killed 19 of the worshippers at Deeper Life Bible Church in the town of Otite in Kogi state, located 155 miles […]