South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued a statement of concern about post-election violence in Tanzania and has called for an investigation into what went wrong in the country. On October 29, Tanzania held its presidential election which incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan won […]
Originally published in CBN Another 25 Christians have been gruesomely murdered in the last 12 days as the ongoing genocide in Nigeria continues. Nigeria remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian, according to Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List. In a recent report, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A massacre in the Sudanese town of El Fasher has worsened the refugee crisis in South Sudan as more people escape the war in Sudan, according to Christian Aid. Media reports and satellite imagery confirmed mass killings in El Fasher in the Darfur region after Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid […]
Originally published in Relevant US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for possible action in Nigeria, saying Islamist militant groups are killing Christians in large numbers and accusing the government of failing to protect them. Trump did not specify which killings he was referring to, but in […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A Muslim in eastern Uganda this month severely beat his wife and two children for putting their faith in Christ, and demolished their church building, sources said. Hospitalised for three days were Kulusumu Namulondo and her two children, ages 12 and 9, for injuries […]
By Gerda Potgieter, Devoted Magazine A Doctors For Life International (DFL) team restored sight to 120 patients during an outreach in Mozambique this month to provide transformative eye surgery and share the Gospel. The medical volunteers from SA and the US, including three eye specialists and two nurses, doubled the […]
Originally published in American Faith A US Christian missionary has been abducted in Niamey, Niger, under circumstances suggesting involvement of Islamist militant groups, according to multiple security sources. The victim is reportedly a pilot working for the evangelical agency Serving in Mission (SIM) and was seized late Tuesday night in Niamey’s Plateau […]
Twenty Christians were killed, about 2 000 were displaced,1 300 homes were destroyed and two churches were burned down by al-Shabab jihadists during a series of attacks in Nampala Village in northern Mozambique from October 9 to 12, says Open Doors Africa (ODA) in a media release. Local pastors and […]
Originally published in Christian Today More than 60 people have been killed in airstrikes on a Sudanese camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the besieged city of El Fasher. Sudan is currently in a state of civil war between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The Church of Nigeria has publicly rejected the election of a woman as the new archbishop of Canterbury, saying it marks a deeper shift by the Church of England away from biblical teaching. The appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally, the first woman to hold […]