Originally published in All Africa News Zimbabwe is reopening churches only to fully vaccinated congregants as the southern African country tries to encourage citizens to take Covid-19 jab. The latest move is seen as an attempt to fight vaccine hesitancy largely influenced by religious beliefs and misinformation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s […]
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AU not budging on Israel observer status
By Nicola Miltz — Originally published in Jewish Report The African Union (AU) Commission has defended the continental body’s decision to grant Israel observer member status, saying it was at the “express demand of many member states”. In spite of objections to the move by countries like South Africa, the […]
Nigerian primate speaks out on ‘Christian genocide’
Originally published in Church Times Western governments and media outlets have accepted the “politically correct narrative” that the killing of thousands of Christians in Nigeria is the result of climate change and a fight for economic resources, the Primate of Nigeria, the Most Revd Henry Ndukuba, said this week. They had chosen to “ignore […]
‘They cannot burn Jesus out of me’: Mozambique pastors serve terror survivors
Originally published in Christian Today Back in April, when armed men began attacking his village in the middle of the night, a pastor of a local church in northern Mozambique woke his family to flee. He took his two older sons and his wife took their two younger sons. In […]
SA out of step with improving Africa-Israel relations
In the past two weeks three very different things have happened on opposite ends on the African continent. First was the decision by the African Union Commission (AUC) to grant Israel observer status at the 55-member continental body after excluding it for 19 years. Israel had enjoyed observer status at […]
3 462 Christians murdered in Nigeria in 2021
Originally published in Christian Headlines More than 3 000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria this year by Muslim militants amidst a massive wave of persecution that also has resulted in 300 churches being threatened, attacked or destroyed, according to a new report. The report by the International Society for Civil […]
900 000 people displaced by attacks in northern Mozambique
About 3 000 people have been killed and about 900 000 people have fled their homes in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique as a result of a campaign of terror being waged by Islamist insurgents in the resource-rich coastal region of the province. The plight of the deeply-traumatised displaced […]
30+ media houses on board for Uganda’s prayer day for Church unity
Originally published in Uganda Christian News It has been confirmed that over 30 media houses will live broadcast the Uganda National Prayer Day for Unity among Pentecostal and Evangelical Churches in Uganda on July 31 starting at 11am (EAT). According to Apostle John Bunjo, the prayer event seeks to “rally […]
Mary Katambi: No kidnapper could steal her dreams
Originally published in Christian Today One of 276 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria by the infamous Boko Haram has just graduated from university – the very thing her kidnappers fought to oppose. “Boko Haram roughly translates as ‘western education is forbidden’,” says Open Doors UK & […]
121 Christian students kidnapped in latest terror attack in northern Nigeria state
Compiled from reports in CBN News, Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin and CSW 121 students were kidnapped in the early hours of Monday morning by a large group of armed Fulani bandits who stormed the boarding hostel of the Bethel Baptist High School in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna. According to […]