Originally published in CBN News Christians in central Nigeria are appealing for prayer after a new round of violence left as many as 80 people dead and more than 4 000 others displaced during the Easter season. At least 19 people were killed this week when gunmen attacked the mostly […]
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$5million bounty for Joseph Kony announced by US
Originally published in Christian Post A $5 million bounty has been put up by the Obama administration on Wednesday for information leading to the capture of Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony, as well as two of his top aides, and a Rwandan rebel suspected of crimes against humanity. The […]
Rebels take over Central African Republic, ransack churches
By World Watch Monitor A three-month-old rebel uprising in the Central African Republic swept into the country’s capital Sunday, ousting the president and leaving ransacked Christian homes and churches in its wake. A source close to the Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic told World Watch Monitor that many […]
Deadly suicide bomb attack on Nigeria bus station
Compiled from a report in PM News and agency reports At least 22 people were killed in a series of blasts targeting buses full of passengers in a Christian section of Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, yesterday. And sources close to the attack by two suicide bombers say the […]
Kenyan religious groups ready to work with President-elect
By World Watch Monitor Amongst their first formal meetings as President and Deputy President-elect of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto on Tuesday March 12 met senior religious leaders, even ahead of meeting outgoing President Mwai Kibaki. Uhuru emerged the winner by garnering 6 173 453 votes, meeting the threshold […]
Eritrea jails 125 Christians in campaign against ‘illegal’ worship
At least 1 500 Christians remain detained Originally published in Worthy News There was uncertainty Tuesday, March 5, about the situation of 125 Eritrean Christians who were “beaten and detained” in western Eritrea as part of a new government campaign against Christians worshiping outside the state-backed churches, rights investigators said. […]
Mass arrest and torture of Christians in Libya
Originally published by Front Page Magazine Last week’s news of four Christian missionaries in Libya placed under arrest, possibly facing the death penalty for “proselytizing,” is apparently the tip of the iceberg. Yesterday, Arabic media reported that over 100 Christian Copts from Egypt, who appear to have been living and […]
Christians miraculously survive Boko Haram terror attacks
By Obed Minchakpu — Originally published in Charisma News Some Christian survivors of attacks by members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday, Feb. 4, in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, recounted how 17 Christians were murdered in cold blood by Boko Haram Islamists and how they survived the […]
Kenya presidential election day dawns with prayers and violence
Compiled from reports in ABC News and News24 Voting in Kenya’s Presidential election opened today with outbreaks of violence in which at least 17 people have been killed in separate machete attacks near the coastal town of Kilifi. Yesterday, on the eve of the election clerics across Keyna preached sermons […]
Maldives rape victim sentenced to100 lashes for premarital sex
Originally published in Christian Post A rape victim has been sentenced to 100 lashes and put on eight months house arrest in the Maldives, sparking international outrage. The 15 year old rape victim was sentenced to the brutal punishment by an Islamic court for having premarital sex, after admitting to […]