South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Christians in Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, were bracing for widespread violence following the June 2 killing of a Christian woman, but the weekend and Sunday services passed without further violence. Bridget Patience Agbahime, 74, originally from the southern state of […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald At least 700 migrants, mostly Eritrean women and children, drowned in their perilous attempt to reach Italy’s shores. Their journey ended in a shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea in a span of three days. Survivors broke in tears recounting the tragedy of how women […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Sudanese authorities on Wednesday (May 25) re-arrested Sudanese church leader Kwa Shamaal, who along with a denominational colleague could face charges calling for the death penalty, attorneys said. Pastor Shamaal, head of missions for the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), was re-arrested in Khartoum […]
Originally published in Christian Today An Egyptian Coptic Christian who was imprisoned for defamation of Islam before being proved innocent, has said he thanks God for his time in jail. “I spent three years and two months in prison,” Bishoy Kameel Garas told International Christian Concern (ICC). “But I thank […]
Originally published in brnow.org Sudan has released one of two church leaders jailed since December, sources said, leaving another pastor incarcerated without charges. Telahoon Nogose Kassa, head of discipleship at the embattled Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church, was released May 10 after Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested him […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor At least a further nine people have been killed in another attack by suspected Islamist militants in the eastern extremes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing the total killed in the past week to nearly 50. World Watch Monitor reported last week […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Another church in Tanzania’s extreme north-west corner, Kagera — bordering Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda — was burned to the ground on May 2 by suspected arsonists. No group has claimed responsibility for the fire that destroyed the Roman Catholic church in Nyarwele. It is […]
Originally published in IOL A pastor, who in December last year went on a solo demonstration against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in the resort town of Victoria Falls, has pulled another stunt. This time, Remnant Church leader Patrick Phillip Mugadza — now commonly known as the “Mugabe-must-go-pastor” — chained himself […]
Girls state their names and urge government to help reunite them with families in video released by Boko Haram Originally published in The Guardian A video apparently showing a group of Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram two years ago has been shown to distraught parents in the […]
Family speak about their pain and their joy after escape to safe country Originally published in World Watch Monitor Although the tiny East African nation of Eritrea has a population of just 6 million, Eritrea is one of the leading sources of refugees in Europe. There are many reasons for […]