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Originally published in CBN News Islamic extremists in northern Uganda killed a Christian pastor after he compared Christianity and Islam in a radio broadcast on October 31. Morning Star News (MSN), a nonprofit persecution watchdog, reports David Omara, 64, the pastor of the Christian Church Center and a well-known radio preacher […]
Armed Fulani killed four Christians in north-central Nigeria last Friday (November 6) and the next day kidnapped seven persons, including five daughters of a church pastor, according to a local advocacy group. Surviving witnesses in Kaduna state’s Dande village, part of Kasaya in Chikun County, described the killers as armed […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Islamic extremist militants in northeast Nigeria attacked a predominantly Christian village near Chibok, Borno state on Sunday morning (November 1), killing 12 Christians and kidnapping women and children, sources said. In Takulashi, less than 10 miles from Chibok, where Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped 276 […]
Originally published by Agencia Fides On the morning of October 31 Islamist terrorists affiliated to the Central African Province of the Islamic State (ISCAP) carried out several attacks on some villages in the Muidumbe district of Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique: Nchinga, Namacunde, 24 de Março, Muatide and Muambula. […]
By Janenne Irene Pung — Originally published in Charisma News Missionary Philipe Walton thought he was on his own, kidnapped in Niger with his family left behind. The 27-year-old US citizen discovered the grit and reach of a team of Navy SEALs when they rescued him on Saturday October 31. […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Malawi plans to open an embassy in Israel and place it in Jerusalem, making it the first African state to do so, Malawian Foreign Minister Eisenhower Mkaka announced yesterday during a visit to Israel. Malawi, which does not have an embassy in Israel, plans to open […]
A church pastor in Nigeria who went missing on Oct. 19 has been captured along with two Christian women by militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to a video released by the terrorist group. In the video clip uploaded on YouTube yesterday, the Rev Polycarp Zongo of the Church of […]
Originally published in CBN News An evangelical missionary from Switzerland who had been held as a captive by Islamic extremists in Mali since January of 2016, was killed by her kidnappers about a month ago, according to a fellow captive. Beatrice Stockli, 59, was shot and killed after she refused […]
Originally published in aa.com.tr Hundreds of terrorists infiltrating from northern Mozambique killed at least 20 civilians in Tanzania’s southern Mtwara region, police and local media said on Thursday. More than 300 Daesh/ISIS terrorists attacked civilians and damaged properties, forcing scores of people to abandon their homes. A gruesome video circulating […]
Originally published by CSW Religious freedom organisation CSW has joined concerned organisations and individuals worldwide in condemning the killing of unarmed and peaceful protesters by the Nigerian security forces at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 20. The attack took place amidst protests which have been ongoing since […]