Originally published in The Christian Post Some 45 people attending Christian gatherings have reportedly been arrested in recent months in the capital city of Eritrea, a country ranked as the sixth worst in the world when it comes to Christian persecution. Rights groups are raising the alarm as recent reports […]
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Malawi’s Christian president calls for three days of prayer, fasting to fight pandemic
Malawi’s new president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has called on “all religiously-inclined citizens of the country” to join him in observing three days of fasting and prayer from today (Thursday July 16) to Saturday July 18 against the spread and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The former leader of the Malawi […]
1 202 Nigerian Christians killed in first 6 months of 2020: NGO report
Originally published in The Christian Post A Nigerian civil society group estimates that 1 202 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the first six months of 2020 by jihadists, radicalised herdsmen and others as 22 more Christians were reportedly killed in the Kaduna state last weekend. As rights groups […]
Sudan abolishes death penalty for apostasy, reforms Islamist laws after 3 decades
Originally published in The Christian Post The transitional government in Sudan passed a series of amendments that repeal the death sentence for apostasy, public flogging and female genital mutilation, giving Christians hope for the future following the toppling of the Islamist regime of President Omar al-Bashir last year. Sudanese Minister […]
People in fear after latest attack in mystery jihadist insurgency in Northern Mozambique, say missionaries
Originally published by Agenzia Fides Note: this is an unedited copy of a report by Agenzia Fides New attack by jihadist formations in Mocímboa da Praia, in northern Mozambique. The militiamen set the local church, the Januario Pedro secondary school, the district hospital, dozens of houses, cars and shops on fire. […]
Radical Muslims beat 21-year-old Christian woman unconscious in Kenya
Originally published in Morning Star News Hard-line Muslims in Isiolo, Kenya last month beat unconscious a 21-year-old Christian woman, a member of a family from Somalia that fled persecution in Nairobi in 2019, sources said. In the June 4 attack on Fozia (surname withheld), seven assailants also broke two teeth […]
Nigerian Christians like sheep to the slaughter — Why It may be genocide
Originally published CBN News A new report out of the UK is sounding the alarm about the potential genocide of Christians in Nigeria. A coalition of British parliamentarians launched an extensive study into violence there and found that Islamist Fulani herdsman killed more than 1000 Christians last year and 6 […]
Pro-lifers oppose push for legalisation of abortion in Namibia
Abortion has become a hot topic in Namibia since a Windhoek writer and blogger, Beauty Boois, launched a petition earlier this month calling for abortion to be legalised in the country. Last week, Pastor Zelda van der Collf of Windhoek responded by launching a petition calling on pro-lifers to reject […]
Lazarus Chakwera: Malawi’s president who ‘argued with God’
Originally published in the BBC In the unmistakable cadence of a preacher, Malawi’s new President, Lazarus Chakwera, appealed for unity in his country shortly after he was sworn in on Sunday. The day of the week seemed fitting as the former head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, one of […]
WATCH: Malawi’s new president shares on God’s grace and call to pastor a nation
Last week we reported on Dr Lazarus Chakwera’s victory in the historic re-run of Malawi’s presidential election after the Constitutional Court anulled last year’s election over irregularities. Watch the video below in which Chakwera shares his testimony of God’s grace. The video by St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in California was […]