By Obed Minchakpu, Compass Direct News Muslim extremists from the Boko Haram sect on Tuesday (June 7) shot and killed a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) pastor and his church secretary in Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state. The Rev David Usman, 45, and church secretary Hamman Andrew were […]
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Crackdown on Anglican Church in Zimbabwe
By Karen Peake – Originally published in Christianity Today The Anglican Church in Zimbabwe is facing a tough battle against state authorities and an ex-communicated bishop trying to take away its property and its freedom to worship. In the latest incident, sixteen churchgoers, including an elderly woman, were arrested and […]
Speculation that Hamas moving HQ from Syria to Egypt
Originally published in Mission Network News According to several sources, the terrorist group Hamas is moving its headquarters from Syria to Egypt. The effects of the move could bode poorly for Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Hamas is closely linked, is also becoming […]
Ivory Coast president’s forces accused of killings
By Marco Chown Oved – Originally pubished in SRN News.Com The crowd suddenly surged around a young man, crying out for blood at a crowded bus station in Ivory Coast’s main city. Witnesses say at least 20 people hit him first with their fists and then with chunks of concrete, […]
Five years jail sentence for giving Christian CD to neighbour
Convicting a Christian convert for insulting the prophet of Islam, a judge in Algeria last week stunned the Christian community by sentencing him beyond what a prosecutor recommended, Compass News Direct reported on Monday (May 30). In Oran, 470 kilometers west of Algiers, a criminal court in the city’s Djamel […]
Christian Woman in Darfur, Sudan arrested for evangelizing
Sudanese National Security Intelligence and Security Service agents have arrested a Christian woman in a Darfur camp for displaced people, accusing her of converting Muslims to Christianity, said sources who fear she is being tortured, Compass News Direct reported yesterday. At the same time, in Khartoum a Christian mother of […]
Egyptian Christians: We’re under siege
By Michael Carl – Originally published in WorldNetDaily An Egyptian human rights activist says the Coptic Christian community in his country is under siege by the Muslim majority since Barack Obama abandoned President Hosni Mubarak, his regime collapsed and the Muslim Brotherhood’s integration into power began. Reports document attacks by […]
Christians in northern Nigeria live in fear of their lives
Originally published in the Nigerian Tribune The Bishop of Gusau Anglican Diocese, Zamfara State, the Right Reverend John Danbinta, has said that Christians in the northern part of the country live in daily fear of being killed through the brute force of anti-Christian elements. Bishop Danbinta spoke on Thursday in […]
Uganda puts anti-gay bill on hold
Originally published in Sunday Times Uganda’s parliament adjourned on Friday (May 13) without acting on a much-criticised anti-gay Bill that would mandate the death sentence in some cases, drawing praise from an advocacy group that said parliament’s failure to act was a ‘victory for all Ugandans’, according to a report […]
New Christian convert from Islam murdered in Somalia
Originally published in Charisma News Two Muslim extremists in Somalia on Monday (April 18) murdered a member of a secret Christian community in Lower Shabele region as part of a campaign to rid the country of Christianity, sources said. An area source told Compass two al Shabaab militants shot 21-year-old […]