NIGER – Boko Haram Kidnapped 15 Girls from Niger
International Christian Concern | Nov. 30, 2018 Boko Haram has continued it reign of terror in Northeastern Nigeria and the lake chad regions of Cameroon and Niger. Late last week,…
UGANDA – Muslim Mob Incites Police to Arrest Six Pastors in Uganda
Morning Star News | Nov. 30, 2018 Officers arrested six pastors in eastern Uganda on Saturday (Nov. 24) after hundreds of Muslims, furious over a public talk comparing Christianity with…
KENYA – Two Survivors Recall Horrors of the Recent Mandera Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 Kevin Lomosi and Elijah Nderitu are grateful to God for rescuing them from the claws of armed militants. A typical night turned tragic…
UGANDA – Pastor and Five Evangelists Arrested for Preaching in Uganda
International Christian Concern | Nov 29, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Saturday, November 24, Pastor Tom Palapande and his team of five evangelists were arrested in…
KENYA – Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack in Kenya Leads to Kidnap of Foreigner
International Christian Concern | Nov. 27, 2018 Suspected Al-Shabaab militants conducted an attack last week in Kilifi County, Kenya. During the attack, they injured five people by shooting randomly into…
Persecution of Minority Christian Women ‘Hidden, Complex, and Interwoven with “Everyday” Discrimination’
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 26, 2018 Five new reports – about Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic – unmask the multiple domestic, societal and state dynamics…
EGYPT – Egypt Bus Attack Survivors ask ‘How could this happen again?’
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 23, 2018 Egypt’s Copts are still reeling from a second bus attack in two years on the desert road to a monastery in Minya and asking why there was…
EGYPT – Egypt: Man accused of IS Allegiance sentenced to death for killing Coptic Doctor
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 20, 2018 An Egyptian court sentenced a man to death last Saturday, 17 November, for the killing of an 80-year old Christian doctor in Cairo…
ETHIOPIA – Young Ethiopian Christians ‘Bribed’ to Convert to Islam, says Charity
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 19, 2018 Young Ethiopian Christians are bribed with jobs and education prospects if they convert to Islam, according to the UK-based charity Aid to the Church…
CAMEROON – Believers Trapped as Cameroon Wages War on Two Fronts
Mission Network News | Nov. 19, 2018 Cameroon (MNN) — The stakes are high and believers are running out of places to go as Cameroon wages war on two fronts.…
EGYPT – Will Egypt Remove Religion from ID Cards?
International Christian Concern | Nov. 17, 2018 An Egyptian Member of Parliament is drafting a bill which would remove religion from the national ID cards, according to al-Bawaba News. While…
NIGER – Christians and Aid Workers in Niger Mark Second Anniversary of Jeff Woodke’s Disappearance
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Two years ago Jeff Woodke, an American Christian aid worker, disappeared from his home in Abalak, Niger. The 57-year-old worked for Jeunesse en…
EGYPT – A Bloodbath for Christians, No Response from Egypt
Raymond Ibraham | Nov. 12, 2012 On Friday, November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting an ancient monastery in the desert. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and…
UGANDA – Two Boys Abandoned After Recently Converted Father Is Poisoned in Uganda
International Christian Concern | Nov. 8, 2018 Growing up in western Uganda, Bwambare and Mumbere, two Ugandan boys never imagined a day when they would be separated from their parents.…
SUDAN – Christian converts from Islam arrested and tortured in Darfur, Sudan
Barnabas Fund | Nov. 6, 2018 Sudanese officials raided a house church in South Darfur, Sudan on 13 October, arresting 13 Christians and subjected the converts from Islam in the…
EGYPT – Isis Attack on Christian Worshipers near Coptic Monastery in Egypt Kills Seven
Independent | November 2, 2018 Isis militants ambushed three buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven…
SOMALIA – One Year Since Al-Shabaab Largest Attack in Somalia
International Christian Concern | Oct. 25, 2018 On Oct 14, 2017, just over one year ago, al-Shabaab conducted one of the largest terrorist attacks in Somalia’s history. That morning, they…
ALGERIA – Algeria Closes Another Protestant =Church
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 22, 2018 A number of Protestant churches have been closed by the Algerian government in the past 12 months. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Algerian police…
ALGERIA – Police in Algeria Close Down Another Church
International Christian Concern | Oct. 21, 2018 Algerian police shut the doors of a church on October 16. Government officials ordered the church to close in February after inspecting the…
INTERNATIONAL – “It Is the Quran That Must Be Read” Extremist Persecution of Christians, May 2018
Gatestone Institute | Oct. 21, 2018 "Churches and individual Christians have faced increased restrictions in recent months, raising concerns that these pressures signal a coordinated campaign of intensified action against…
DARFUR – Twelve Christians Arrested in Nyala, South Darfur
International Christian Concern | Oct. 15, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 13, 12 Christian men from Darfur were arbitrarily arrested by officers from the Sudan…
NIGER- Anti-FGM Priest Kidnapped
Clarion Project | Oct. 11, 2018 An anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) Catholic priest was kidnapped by suspected jihadi terrorists in Niger for educating women and girls against the brutal practice. Local sources say…
UGANDA – Abused and Abandoned: Woman and Four Children Chased Away for Faith in Christ
International Christian Concern | Oct. 10, 2018 Two years ago, Dorika Kabuo and her four children were chased from their home by the one they called “protector and provider,” Dorika’s…
NIGERIA – ‘Does the World Know? Do They Care?’ 15-Y-O Christian Girl Leah Sharibu Days Away From Execution
The Christian Post - Oct. 9, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN)A photo of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu's family in Nigeria in this September 2018 video. The parents of Christian schoolgirl…
AFRICA – Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 17, 2018 IPDs waiting for food in CAR’s north-western town of Bozoum. Oct 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) In Central African Republic, dozens of people…
KENYA – Muslims Murder Three Christians, Scream “These infidels should be wiped out”
Suspected members of Islamic jihad group Al Shabaab shot three Christians to death in northeastern Kenya after bursting into their sleeping quarters at a primary school. Murdering Christians is a…