South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By George Thomas — Originally published in CBN News Muslim terror groups are launching attacks across several African nations. Foremost is Nigeria, where tens of thousands of Christians have died as part of what human rights activists call a Christian genocide across the continent. Nigeria’s Army recently released a poster […]
Originally published in CSW.org.uk A group of 10 UN human rights experts has called on the Nigerian government to overturn the death sentence for blasphemy handed to Yahaya Sharif-Aminu by a Shari’a court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano City in Kano state. Sharif-Aminu, 22, was sentenced to […]
By Lyndsey Koh — Originally published in Mission Network News Idris*, a staunch Muslim in a 90%-Muslim area of Nigeria, was so opposed to the borehole and other services local Christian missionaries provided that he ordered his wife not to drink of the new well water. According to Christian Aid […]
By Julia Bicknell — Originally published in World Watch Monitor Nigerian Wanhena Sheku was working alone on her farm when a group she identified as Fulani herdsmen attacked her in mid-October, 2019. “They told me to place my left arm on a wooden log before they hacked my hand off. […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A Nigerian civil society group estimates that 1 202 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the first six months of 2020 by jihadists, radicalised herdsmen and others as 22 more Christians were reportedly killed in the Kaduna state last weekend. As rights groups […]
Originally published in The Christian Post. Authorities in the Borno state of Nigeria said Wednesday that at least 81 people were killed in an attack on a nomadic community believed to have been carried out by militants aligned with the Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram or Islamic State West Africa […]
Originally published in Morning Star News. A Christian in north-central Nigeria who led a team of civilians that apprehended Muslim Fulani herdsmen after they allegedly killed five Christians on Thursday night (May 28) was blunt about their motives. “These Muslim Fulani herdsmen have been attacking our communities because we are […]
By Christine D. Johnson — Originally published in Charisma News Burned homes and churches, contaminated food supplies and secret killings left Nigerians in Kaduna state desperate and displaced over the weekend. With attacks by Boko Haram, now known as Isis West Africa, on the increase, an organisation called Equipping the […]
Originally published in UG Christian News Uganda Christian News has learnt of Christian worshippers in Nigeria who still come together for prayer despite their church building being razed by terrorist group Boko Haram. The Barnabas Fund, an international Christian aid agency, reports that four church elders in the village of […]
Originally published in Charisma News Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of persecuted Christians worldwide, is linking arms with the Leah Foundation, other concerned believers and religious freedom advocates to call on Christians to join a Global Prayer Vigil for kidnapped Nigerian Christian […]