South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by Open Doors Almost every day, Open Doors receives a report of an attack or kidnapping in Nigeria. The violence against Christians has become so frequent, so widespread, that on average, every two hours a Nigerian is murdered for their faith. That’s nearly 13 Christians a day, 372 […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines Police in Darfur Region, Sudan have arrested four Christians under a law against apostasy that was annulled two years ago, according to local reports. Police on June 28 arrested the Christians from the Sudanese Baptist Church in Zalingei, in western Sudan’s Central Darfur state, on […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A persecution watchdog has said the threat of digital persecution is rapidly spreading across the world and is concerned that governments and tech companies aren’t taking notice. A new report by Open Doors UK, Digital Persecution — The New Frontier for Freedom of Religion or […]
Originally published in Church Times THE persecution of Christians around the world has reached “genocidal” proportions, and needs a response on the scale of the abolitionist or climate-change movements to raise awareness, a conference of politicians, bishops, and charities concluded. One in every seven Christians is facing discrimination and persecution daily — much of […]
Originally published in Persecution.org More than 10 Christians were killed on Tuesday, June 21, when an Islamist extremist group ambushed their three vehicles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack occurred near the village of Makisabo, Beni. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist extremist group, allegedly […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines A woman in central Uganda who accepted Christ at a church service on May 29 was killed later that day when her father stabbed her in the eyes for leaving Islam, sources said. After having several dreams about Christ, 28-year-old Hawa Amoti of Nansana, Wakiso […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A court in Pakistan’s Punjab province has upheld the death sentence for two Christian brothers charged with posting blasphemous content on a blog that, they maintain, they never created. The Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence of Qaisar and Amoon Ayub, who were […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines A 15-year-old Christian girl told a court in Pakistan on Monday that she was kidnapped and raped by the Muslim accused of abducting her and forcibly converting and marrying her. While most girls facing captors’ threats to harm them or their families are pressured into […]
Report compiled from various news platforms Calls on government to act as violence spreads to southern areas At least 50 people were killed and more than 70 were injured yesterday when terrorists attacked them with explosives and AK-47s as they were celebrating Pentecost in their church in Owo in Ondo […]
In the six months since the Biden administration removed Nigeria from its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC)—which identifies those in severe violations of religious freedom—religious violence has continued to surge across the region. Last week’s gruesome stoning and burning of Nigerian Christian college student, Deborah Samuel, by extremist […]