Africa News

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 […]

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 […]