Burkina Faso: Gunmen Slaughter 15 Worshippers During Attack On Catholic Church
Suspected Islamic terrorists murdered 15 people in an attack on a Catholic church in Oudalan province, northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, Christian Today (CT) reports.
Christian Persecution – Africa
Nigeria: Jihadists Slaughter 23 Christians In Series Of Attacks
Islamic terrorists murdered 23 people, including burning six alive, abducted five people, and set fire to 28 homes, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Nigeria Evangelist In Hiding After Surviving Beatings And Police Detention
A Nigerian evangelist who left Islam and accepted faith in Christ was recovering from his injuries in a “safe house” Saturday after he was freed on bail following beatings and nine days in prison for trumped-up charges, his supporters say.
Christian Group Helps To Free Tens Of Thousands Of Sudanese Slaves
An international Christian organization helped to free 1,500 Sudanese civilians from slavery last year, bringing the total number freed to more than 100,000 over 30 years, CBN News reports.
Nigeria: More Than 8,000 Christians Murdered Last Year In “Jihadist Genocide,” Report
Islamic jihadists slaughtered more than 8,000 Christians in Nigeria in 2023 alone, according to a new report by Nigerian human rights organization International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law (Intersociety).
Uganda: Former Muslim Converts To Christ Vulnerable To Extreme Violence From Islamic Community, Christian Couple Slaughtered
Christianity is legal in Uganda, but believers who left Islam for Christ are increasingly vulnerable to extreme violence by radicalized Muslim relatives and neighbors. In the latest incident of such brutality, a formerly Muslim couple in eastern Uganda were hacked to death on Feb. 2, just weeks after putting their faith in Christ, Morning Star News reported.
Sudan: Christian Mother Attacked By Muslim Husband On Account Of Her Faith In Jesus
A Christian mother of seven living at an internally displaced persons camp in Sudan was badly beaten by her Muslim husband after he heard about her new faith in Jesus, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Uganda: Muslims Beat Evangelist Unconscious, Burn His Home
Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a Christian man unconscious, and then torched his house, after seeing him setting up for a Gospel event near their village last month, Morning Star News reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda but believers have come under increasing violent persecution from radicalized Muslims, with those who left Islam for Christ being particularly vulnerable to attacks.
Islamists Attack DRC Church, Villages, Killing 8; Dozens Kidnapped
Christians faced major challenges in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday after at least eight people died and thirty were taken hostage in Islamist attacks on a Pentecostal church and other targets.
Nigeria: Slaughter of Christians Continues, “More Believers Are Killed For Their Faith In Nigeria Than Everywhere Else In The World Combined”
As the Islamic jihadist slaughter of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt continues unabated and with impunity, suspected Fulani terrorists murdered five more Christians in Benue state on Jan. 18, just days after 10 Christians were murdered in the state on Jan. 7, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Comoros: Christians Face Ongoing Persecution Following Reelection Of President Assoumani
Christians in the Southeast African island country of Comoros are bracing for continued persecution as Sunni Muslim President Azali Assoumani was reelected in a disputed election earlier this month, the International Christian Concern aid and advocacy organization has reported. Catholic and Protestant Christians make up a tiny percentage of Comoros’ overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim population of less than one million people.
Eritrea Releasing Hundreds Of Christians; 300 Still Detained
Eritrea’s autocratic government has released hundreds of Christians, but some 300 remain behind bars for activities linked to faith in Christ, according to data seen by Worthy News on Monday.
Nigeria: Fulani Terrorists Slaughter 31 Christians, “These Are Well-Coordinated Attacks to Exterminate Christians”
Following the massacre of 160 mostly Christian civilians in Nigeria’s Plateau state at Christmas, radicalized Fulani herdsmen murdered at least 31 more Plateau Christians in coordinated attacks between Jan. 22-24, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Eritrea: Christian Prisoners of Faith Tortured, Held in Inhumane Conditions, “The World Needs to Wake Up”
An estimated 400-500 Christian prisoners of faith are being held in horrifying conditions in the East African nation of Eritrea. Eritrea ranks 4th on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
“Nigeria at the Epicenter of Targeted Violence Against the Church,” Four Christians Kidnapped in Benue State
As rights groups now gauge the level of violence against Christians in Nigeria at “100%,” Islamic terrorists in central Nigeria ambushed and kidnapped four Christians in Benue state on Jan. 13, Morning Star News reports. The Open Doors international Christian persecution watchdog has given Nigeria the highest percentage rating for violence against believers, stating that the country is now “at the epicenter of targeted violence against the church.”
Evangelical Christian Murdered by Sudanese Terrorists
An evangelical Sudanese Christian died in Sudan earlier this month after being attacked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an Islamic paramilitary group which is fighting the Muslim Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for control of the country, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Nigeria: Mass Slaughter of Christians Continues Unabated, “A Trail of Grief and Trauma”
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists slaughtered 10 more Nigerian Christians during coordinated attacks on three villages in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Jan. 7, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Nigeria: Boko Haram Murder 15 Christians, Kidnap Young Girl in Borno State
Aiming to force their version of Islamic law and control on northeastern Nigeria, Boko Haram Islamic terrorists slaughtered 15 Christians, wounded two others, and kidnapped a young girl during Jan. 1 attacks on two villages in Borno state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Nigeria: Two Abducted Methodist Pastors Remain in Captivity Despite Ransom Payment
Two United Methodist Church pastors in Nigeria’s Taraba state remain in captivity, and in danger of being killed, despite the UMC’s payment of a ransom demanded by the Islamic terrorists who abducted them on Dec. 19, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Rights groups have ranked Nigeria number one in the world for the numbers of Christians murdered and kidnapped by Islamic jihadists.
Nigerian Army and Government Complicit in Fulani Attacks on Christians
Not only has the Nigerian army been protecting Islamic Fulani terrorists who move in and occupy Christian villages they have attacked but Nigeria’s federal government has directed national broadcast stations to stop reporting on the ongoing murderous Fulani attacks against Christians, Truth Nigeria reports.