South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Illia Djadi — World Watch Monitor The assassination of a French tourist by militants in Algeria has raised the fear of new terrorist attacks in the country. Hervé Gourdel, 55, was beheaded in the north-eastern region of Kabylie on September 24 by a radical Islamist group, ‘Soldiers of the […]
Originally published in Fox News Doctors are in short supply and countries are scrambling to find more resources for the Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the virus hit 3 000. According to a Wall Street Journal report Sunday, the World Health Organization said 3,091 people have died of confirmed, […]
Originally published in CBN News Nigeria has dealt a major blow to the terrorist group Boko Haram. The Defense Ministry says it recently killed hundreds of the Islamic insurgents in the country’s northeast. The operation prompted several hundred more to surrender in Nigeria and nearby Cameroon. “Boko Haram has perpetrated […]
Originally published in Assist News A human rights group says it has learned that the lawyers who represented Meriam Ibrahim, whose conviction for apostasy and adultery was overturned by the Appeal Court on June 23, are currently defending the case at the Supreme Court. They plan to take it to […]
Authorities in Sierra Leone ended a three-day lockdown aimed at halting the spread of the Ebola virus on Sunday, declaring the initiative a success. Sky News reported that 92 dead bodies and 56 new Ebola cases had been discovered by officials during the lockdown. Authorities said that 123 people had […]
Nigerian preacher TB Joshua on Thursday broke his silence over a building collapse that killed 80 at his Lagos megachurch but denied lack of co-operation and stuck to his theory of possible aerial sabotage, reports BD Live. The popular televangelist, known as “The Preacher” or “The Man of God” to […]
Originally published in The Christian Post At least 15 people have been killed and another 35 wounded after gunmen, suspected to be part of terror group Boko Haram, stormed a teacher training college in the northern Nigerian city of Kano and began firing on students. “We heard several shots from […]
Originally published in Mail & Guardian Sixty-seven South Africans have been killed in a building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Nigeria, President Jacob Zuma said in a statement on Tuesday. Scores more sustained injuries when the multi-storey guesthouse belonging to the church collapsed on […]
Originally published in The Christian Post After almost being martyred in Sudan for refusing to renounce her Christian faith a few months ago, global Christian icon Meriam Ibrahim, 27, is breathing easier now and smiling. “Faith means life. If you don’t have faith, you are not alive,” said Meriam Ibrahim […]
Originally published in Trust.org Nigeria’s military has recaptured the flashpoint town of Bama in northeast Borno state from Boko Haram and blocked the Islamist militants’ advance towards the state capital Maiduguri, a senior official said on Monday. He said government forces are also fighting a southwards push into neighbouring Adamawa […]