South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Persecution of Christians has risen at an alarming rate all over the world — especially in Africa — says Open Doors International in its 2024 World Watch List which it released today. The annual list — now in its 31st year — shows the top 50 countries where Christians experience […]
Violence against Christians soars in sub-Saharan Africa, N Korea regains spot as most dangerous place to be a Christian Persecution of Christians is at the highest level in the 30 years since Open Doors International published its first annual World Watch List (WWL) of countries where Christians face the worst […]
Thousands of Christian children in countries hostile to the Christian faith are facing increasing levels of extreme persecution, says Open Doors International in a new report titled A generation at risk: Children & Youth Report 2022. They are experiencing persecution “that is isolating, harsh and identity-shaping” and are being targeted […]
Originally published in Christian Today One of 276 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria by the infamous Boko Haram has just graduated from university – the very thing her kidnappers fought to oppose. “Boko Haram roughly translates as ‘western education is forbidden’,” says Open Doors UK & […]
260 million Christians worldwide experience levels of persecution measured as extreme, very high or high, says Open Doors International in its 2020 World Watch List (WWL) that was published today. North Korea, which since 2002 has continuously topped the annual list of the 50 countries where Christians face the worst persecution […]