Originally published in Christian Daily International Authorities last week approved a demonstration by Muslims against the presence of Christians in a town of southern Mauritania that resulted in protesters exhuming the body of a Christian and dragging it through the streets, sources said. Christians in Sélibaby remain fearful following the […]
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Muslim man stabs wife, mother of 6, to death for going to church
Originally published in The Christian Post A mother of six children was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband in Uganda after she attended her first church service, sources said. Nasiimu Mirembe, whose children range in age from 3 to 18, had put her faith in Christ on March 21 […]
60 Christians murdered in Nigeria ‘genocide’ by Fulani herdsmen
Originally published in My Christian Daily Fulani terrorists on Wednesday and Thursday, April 2 and 3, killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria in what the governor called a “genocide”, sources said. The attacks were carried out against seven Christian communities in Bokkos County, including Hurti village, where […]
Rising from the remnants: restoring God’s kingdom and serving persecuted Christians in Nigeria
Originally published by Global Christian Relief Against the azure Nigerian sky, Milka stands with quiet confidence — a far cry from the terrified 12-year-old who fled through the night in 2014 when Boko Haram militants stormed her village. “We started running, running, running,” she recalled, her fluent English carrying the weight of memories still […]
Mother of 3 in Somalia loses family for receiving Christ
Originally published in My Christian Daily The Muslim husband of a woman in Somalia sent her back to her parents for accepting Christ – without their three young children – and then her parents drove her away for sharing the gospel with her sister, sources said. Fatuma Hussein, 30, was […]
Uganda Christian couple and woman they led to Christ poisoned to death
Originally published in My Christian Daily. A Muslim woman in eastern Uganda has killed a Christian couple and accidentally took her own daughter’s life with the same poison she used on those who had led her to Christ, sources said. Doreen Nairuba died on March 16 from eating poisoned food […]
ICC president sheds light on alarming 2025 persecution report: ‘Killing ground is Nigeria’
Originally published in The Christian Post Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern (ICC), has spent more than two decades fighting for religious freedom. But as ICC’s 2025 Global Persecution Index reveals, the crisis is worsening. “The main killing ground for Christians isn’t North Korea — it’s Nigeria,” the Last […]
Pakistan Christian recovering from throat slitting for ‘blasphemy’
Originally published in Worthy News A young Christian worker is in critical condition after he was reportedly attacked at his factory in Pakistan’s Punjab province for alleged “blasphemy against Islam.” Waqas Masih, 22, was still in hospital Monday after a Muslim colleague at the Subhan Allah Paper Mills in the […]
Sudan jails 19 Christians on unfounded allegations
Originally published in Christian Daily International At least 19 Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani on various occasions in January and February, area sources said. Seven Christians were arrested by security personnel associated with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on January 21 as the group traveled from Barakat […]
‘Horrendous miscarriage of justice’, says advocate as top Nigerian court upholds death sentence for Christian farmer resisting attackers
Originally published in My Christian Daily The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday March 7 upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice”, attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a […]