Sudan Court Fines Christian Woman
A Sudanese court fined a Christian woman last week for wearing what it ruled was an “indecent dress.”
Christian Persecution – Africa
Nigeria: Two Churches Attacked in Jos
Last week, Muslims attacked the Winning All Good News Church and St. Michael’s Parish of the First African Church Mission, both in Jos, Nigeria.
Sudan: Pastors Can be Charged with Crimes Punishable by Death
A judge in Sudan ruled yesterday that there was enough evidence to charge two South Sudanese pastors with crimes that carry the death penalty.
Jihadists vow to Attack Christians during Ramadan
The al-Shabaab terror group has vowed to attack non-believers throughout Islam’s “holy” month of Ramadan.
Zanzibar: Islamists Take Church’s Hall
Islamists on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar off Tanzania’s coast have driven a local pastor into hiding after taking over his church’s rented hall.
Eritrean Christians Caught Between Persecutors
Eritrean Christians are being forced to choose between living under a dictatorship that imprisons believers for their faith, or risking their lives by escaping Eritrea by way of Sudan.
Kenya: Shabaab Jihadists Close Schools
Almost 100 schools in northern Kenya have been closed as teachers — many of them Christians — are too afraid to teach as long as al-Shabaab’s jihadists continue to attack educational institutions with impunity.
ISIS Captures 86 Eritrean Christians in Libya
The ISIS terror group kidnapped 86 Eritrean Christians from a people-smugglers’ caravan in Libya last week.
Nigeria: 3 attacks in 10 days
In reprisal to losing ground to government forces, Islamists belonging to Boko Haram have killed dozens of Christians during 10 violent days in Nigeria’s Adamawa state.
Two pastors in Sudan face death over Christian faith
Two Christian pastors from South Sudan who traveled north to Sudan and were arrested on charges of spying could face the death penalty when their trial begins next week, according to their attorneys.
Muslims Defy Courts to Forcibly Build Mosque
A Muslim mob in Deder, Ethiopia, has forced a Christian man from his home in order to build a mosque on his land despite court rulings that guaranteed the Christian’s property rights.
Nigeria: Muslim Herdsmen Have Murdered 70 Christians Last Month
More than 70 Christian farmers have been murdered last month in Plateau State, Nigeria, after a series of assaults by Muslim Fulani cattle herders.
Sudan: South Sudanese Church Leaders Jailed
Sudanese authorities have arrested two South Sudanese pastors who are now facing the death penalty.
Tanzania: Gov’t harasses local church leadership
Three pastors on Tanzania’s Mafia island were summoned by the district registration office last week, confirming fears that the recent government threat to close the island’s churches would soon start.
Egypt: Christian Convicted of Blasphemy
Yet another Christian has been convicted of blasphemy for “ridiculing or insulting a heavenly religion” in violation of the Egyptian Penal Code’s Article 98(f).
Tanzania: Churches and Religious Organizations to be closed
The Tanzanian Minister of Home Affairs threatened that churches and other religious organizations that publicly oppose the country’s new constitution will be unregistered beginning on April 20.
Christians in Niger still recovering from attacks on churches after Charlie Hebdo massacre
Christians in Niger are still recovering from violent attacks in January carried out in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre that resulted in the destruction of dozens churches throughout the country.
ISIS Video Shows Shooting, Beheading of 30 Ethiopian Christians
A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
Church leaders ask Egyptians in Libya to return
Church leaders are asking all Egyptians living in Libya to return home because their lives are at risk.
Niger: Muslims Burn 69 Churches; Christians Forgive
It took only a few hours, but it was enough time for hundreds of radical Muslims in Niger, West Africa, to destroy dozens of churches and several Christian homes. Ten people lost their lives and hundreds were injured when Muslim mobs went on the deadly rampage in early January.