The nation building Time2Rise movement that is uniting the Body of Christ in South Africa for change, is spreading to two more African countries. At a Time2Rise South Africa event outside Bloemfontein on October 7. Dr Arno van Niekerk, one of the facilitators of the gathering, said “God is showing […]
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US Christian leader takes team on 5-nation ‘mission safari’
Gateway News spoke with Apostle David McDonald who took a team of 19 people from America on a “mission safari” to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Uganda last month. The South Caronlina-based leader who originally came from South Africa said his goal for such missions “is to connect the […]
Nigerian air force strikes terrorist groups
Originally published in Persecution.org The Nigerian Air Force recently conducted airstrikes against extremist groups in the Lake Chad Basin including Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Fulani militants. The Nigerian Air Force confirmed terrorist activities against civilians and “obliterated the terrorists’ hideouts and destroyed their structures and […]
Masalit encounter Gospel despite Darfur slaughter
A Western coalition has called on the United Nations to formally investigate atrocities in Sudan. The decision comes one week after a Reuters report revealed the scope of genocide underway in Darfur since fighting began in April. “People are killed in their homes and the streets; women and girls are raped; hundreds of thousands […]
Ugandan teenager locked up, starved for becoming a Christian
Originally published in Morning Star News An evangelistic team in eastern Uganda this month discovered a Muslim had locked up his son and starved him for more than four months for accepting Christ, sources said. Musobya Aramanzani of Nankoma, Bugiri District learned that his 17-year-old son had accepted Christ earlier […]
Islamic State-affiliated terrorists kill 11 Christians in northern Mozambique
Originally published in Worthy News Terrorists affiliated with Islamic State murdered 11 Christians in an attack on Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique last week, Aid the Church in Need (ACN) reports. The killings come amid relentless violence in Cabo Delgado and the neighbouring province of Niassa, which has led to the […]
Ugandan evangelist murdered after leading Muslims to Christ
Originally published in Morning Star News A 33-year old evangelist was beaten to death by Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda, right after he led Muslims to faith in Christ at a Gospel event on September 6, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. The killing was the latest of numerous acts of […]
Sudan enters 6th month of war: ‘The situation there is very dire’
Originally published in CBN News A brutal civil war in one of Africa’s most strategic countries has millions trapped or on the run. Sudan’s army is fighting a rebel force attempting to overrun the country. Sudanese Christians, who are a minority in this mostly Muslim nation, are risking their […]
The deadly ongoing crisis for Christians in Nigeria
By Rick Plasterer — Originally published in Juicy Ecumenism The continued killing and violence against Christians in Nigeria by various radical Islamic groups is continuing unabated. This writer noted the severe problem in two articles two years ago, as well as the effective denial of a campaign of Islamization as its cause by the […]
Days of mourning and prayer, after N Africa devastated by floods and earthquake
Originally published in Church Times Thousands of people have been killed in two disasters in North Africa this week: the biggest earthquake in Morocco for over 60 years, and devastating flooding in Libya. News agencies have so far reported 2 862 dead, and 2 562 injured in Morocco, making the earthquake, which struck last Friday […]