South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Harbinger’s Daily US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025, a bill designed to protect Christians and other religious minorities from widespread persecution in Nigeria. The legislation seeks to hold accountable Nigerian government officials who enable Islamist jihadist violence or enforce […]
Originally published in Article 18 Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected the application for a retrial of a Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence for worshipping in a house-church. Mehran Shamloui has been in prison for two months, having been detained on his return to Iran on July 3, after […]
Originally published in Barnabas Aid on September 14 Islamic State Mozambique (IS-M) have claimed the killing of 17 Christians in Cabo Delgado Province in the past three weeks. In just one attack in Muidumbe district on 26 August, the terrorists murdered four people and burned down 29 houses. These attacks are part […]
Originally published in Worthy News Suspected Islamist gunmen on motorbikes have killed at least 22 people in Niger, including about 15 at a baptism ceremony and seven more nearby, officials and witnesses said. In neighboring Nigeria, a Christian farmer in the Abuja area separately told Worthy News he miraculously escaped […]
Originally published in Christian Today A new Vatican-led investigation has revealed that over 1 600 Christians worldwide have been killed because of their faith in the past 25 years. The report, compiled by a panel of theologians, historians, and Church experts, draws on authenticated testimonies, media accounts, and evidence gathered […]
Before dawn on Tuesday a devastating attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) shattered the Congolese Christian community in Ntoyo-Mangurujipa, Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving more than 70 civilians dead. Ntoyo, located about three miles east of Mangurujipa center, was struck while families had […]
Originally published in Christian Today Religious freedom for Christians continues to decline in India, with the latest news being that the northern state of Uttarakhand has amended the punishment for breaching its anti-conversion law to include up to life imprisonment. Anti-conversion laws in India are theoretically meant to prevent people […]
Originally published in Worthy News Members of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed at least eight Christians in two separate attacks across Borno State over the weekend, local sources and authorities confirmed. On Saturday August 30, militants ambushed Christian farmers working in Ngoshe village, Gwoza County, killing five. The following […]
Originally published in Worthy News Iran has detained dozens of Christians on charges of espionage and “anti-security activities” for Israel, drawing condemnation from rights groups who call the move part of a broader crackdown on the country’s tiny Christian minority. The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) said in a […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Fears of another large-scale attack on Christians are growing in Benue state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen slaughtered up to 200 people in Yelwata village on June 13-14, sources said. Initial reports confirmed 100 people had died in the attack on predominantly Christian Yelwata, but later data […]