South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in UCAN India Some 5 000 Christians marched silently through India’s Jharkhand state demanding the release of six Christians jailed last week on complaints of offering money to villagers to attract them to Christianity. The September 25 ecumenical “silent protest” was organised after a local court on September […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Six days after a Pakistani Christian was sentenced to death for blasphemy, the young man’s lawyer says there was insufficient evidence against his client and that the police failed to investigate the matter properly. Nadeem Masih, 24, from the Yaqoobabad area of the religiously […]
Originally published in International Christian Concern Jos, the capital of Plateau State, is located in central Nigeria, between the predominantly Muslim north and Christian south. While Jos is known for its economic opportunities that attract people from across Nigeria to relocate there, this central location and diverse population has been […]
Originally published in Assist News Service Pakistan’s most famous Christian prisoner, Asia Bibi, has been nominated for the European Union’s high-status award, the Sakharov Prize. Bibi, a mother-of-five, who is currently behind the bars waiting for a hearing of her appeal against capital punishment, was nominated by a group of […]
Originally published in Christian Today Islamist militants went from house to house in villages on Kenya’s north coast on Wednesday, dragging out victims, shooting them and then beheading them. Witnesses to the horror said four died in total and called on police to act after they accused security services of […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christian children at refugee camps in Sudan are not receiving food unless they say Islamic prayers, according to reports received by sources close to the leading Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). One of ACN’s local contacts, who asked to remain anonymous […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A Sudan church leader who spent Christmas 2015 in prison on charges of spying before being freed after 19 days due to lack of evidence, was re-arrested last week, along with five other church leaders. Those arrested belong to the Sudan Church of Christ […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A North Korean woman who suffered unspeakable horrors while imprisoned for her faith has shared how God’s faithfulness — and one desperate prayer — sustained her through the darkest of days. Growing up war-torn North Korea, Hannah Cho often heard her mother pray, “Hananim! […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants at night on August 18, after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Christianity is growing in the despotic state of North Korea despite the horrendous persecution of dissenters, sources on the ground say. A North Korean defector who works with the country’s underground church said that people “no longer respect Kim Jong-un” and are refusing to […]