South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Al Shabaab militants have slaughtered 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya – all of the victims are believed to be Christian. Local residents told the BBC that the militants separated the group from Muslim workers before shooting them dead. Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda […]
Originally published in news24 South African aid worker Werner Groenewald tried in vain to protect his two children moments before they were shot dead by the Taliban in Afghanistan at the weekend. “They shot Werner in his office in the leg and then he ran upstairs to go try and […]
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) says it is shocked by claims by South African State Security that they were not aware that ISIS was recruiting South Africans to fight in Iraq and Syria. In a media statement released today the ACDP says that Iraq’s Ambassador to South Africa, Dr Hashaim […]
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has called on the South African Government to investigate “concerns and allegations that elements in SA are key players in facilitating funding and sending of recruits fighting alongside ISIS”. The call is made by ACDP MP Cherylln Dudley in a press statement released on […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Iraqi officials said on Sunday that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS or Islamic State terror group, was wounded in a U.S.-led airstrike on a convoy of militants in Iraq, and a security strategist said the attack killed his close aide. While Pentagon […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians in eastern Kenya are on high alert after a wave of attacks by Somali Muslims. One pastor in the Garissa area who cannot be named for security reasons told Open Doors that Christians are scared of attacks and as a result, are staying away […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Over 1 000 ancient Christian documents have been saved by a Dominican priest who escaped Islamic State militants in Iraq. According to a Kurdish news agency, Father Nageeb Michaeel, previously director of the Digital Centre for Eastern Manuscripts at the Mar Behnam Syriac Catholic […]
Originally published in Christian Today At least 220 members of a tribe that opposed the Islamic State were found this week to have been executed, according to a Reuters report. The news agency said the bodies of the men aged 18 to 55 were found in two mass graves in Anbar […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Terror group Boko Haram has reportedly kidnapped another 60 women in Nigeria and continued its violent attacks despite reports of a ceasefire and negotiations to release the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in April. “The insurgents are still in the area. They slit the […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Unknown attackers killed a Christian man by machete and injured another in Bukoba in northwest Tanzania on Thursday, October 9, according to sources. This followed another recent incident on Zanzibar island in which a pastor and his wife were attacked in their home, after […]