Bombs Rock Kenya Prayer Rally, 6 Killed
Tensions remained high in Kenya Tuesday, June 15, after two bombs rocked a Christian prayer rally opposing a draft constitution, killing at least six people and injuring 100 others.
Christian Persecution – Africa
NEWS ALERT: Somalia Christians Observe Pentecost Amid Gunfire, 14 Killed
Somalia’s minority Christians observed Pentecost amid gunfire Sunday, May 23, as witnesses reported that at least 14 people died in clashes between pro-government troops and Muslim militants who have killed Christians and pledged to turn Somalia into a strict Islamic state.
Muslims Destroy Churches In Nigeria Kano State
Muslim extremists destroyed several churches and a pastor’s house in the latest religious violence to hit Nigeria’s northern Kano state, church representatives and rights activists said Friday, May 21.
Young Christian Dies In Eritrea Prison Camp
A young Christian woman has died in one of Eritrea’s military prison camps after she was reportedly denied medical treatment for malaria and severe anemia.
Somalia Militants Kill Christian As Attacks Spread
Fighters of Somalia’s feared Islamic militant group al-Shabab have killed another Somali Christian as part of an apparent crackdown on “non-Islamic culture,” rights activists said.
NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Evangelicals Mourn Murdered Journalists, Church Members
Nigeria’s evangelical Church of Christ was mourning Tuesday, April 27, after Nigerian Muslims killed two journalists working for a church publication and two church members in the troubled Bauchi state.
Nigeria Pastor, Wife, Hacked To Death
Funerals were underway Friday, April 16, in a Muslim-dominated northern Nigerian state for a pentecostal pastor and his wife who were reportedly hacked to death and burnt to ashes by Muslim assailants.
NEWS ALERT: Somalia Militants Kill Church Leader; Crackdown On “Non-Islamic Culture”
Somalia’s feared Islamic militant group al-Shabab has warned Christians and other residents that it will crackdown on “non-Islamic culture” across the country, after its fighters reportedly killed another Christian leader and destroyed a tomb of a apparently moderate Muslim cleric.
BREAKING NEWS: Over Dozen Christians Killed In Nigeria
A group of Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers “butchered” and then burned over a dozen Christians Wednesday, March 17, in a small Christian village in central Nigeria, near the location where hundreds were killed last week, witnesses and officials said.
Nigeria Women Protest Against Massacre of Christians
Thousands of women dressed in black have marched through the streets of the troubled Nigerian city of Jos “to mourn, pray and protest” against the killings of possible hundreds of people, most of them Christians, by suspected Muslim mobs.
BREAKING NEWS: Morocco Deports Christian Aid Workers In Massive Crackdown
A baby boy was reportedly fighting for his life Saturday, March 13, after Moroccan authorities expelled his Christian foster parents and some 70 other foreign Christian aid workers for allegedly trying to convert local Muslims.
BREAKING NEWS: Attacks Against Christian Villages Kill 200 In Nigeria
Bodies of the dead — including many women and children — lined dusty streets in three mostly Christian villages south of Nigeria’s regional capital of Jos early Monday, March 8, after rioters armed with machetes “slaughtered” over 200 people here, witnesses said.
Eritrea Christian Dies In Prison Camp; Pastor Released
Christians in a detention camp in Eritrea faced a difficult Sunday, February 21, as news emerged that one of their fellow inmate died of a heart attack in the notorious Alla Military Camp after alleged abuses.
Ethiopia Detains Bible Distributor On “Terrorism” Charges
There was concern Friday, February 19, that Ethiopian authorities would press “terrorism” charges against a Christian convert who has been detained since May for distributing Bibles and abandoning Islam, well-informed Christians said.
Morocco Security Forces Raid Bible Study Group; American Deported
Moroccan security forces raided a Bible study group and detained 18 Moroccans while deporting an American citizen, Worthy News learned Friday, February 12.
Nigeria Christians Rebuilding After Massive Killings
A tense calm returned to the Nigerian city of Jos Saturday, January 30, after hundreds of people were killed in days of clashes between Muslims and Christians, missionaries said.
NEWS ALERT: Over 40 Killed After Attack On Nigeria Church
Over 40 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in the country’s Plateau State, after around 200 Muslim youths attacked Christians near a Catholic Church sparking retaliatory violence, Christian rights investigators said Monday, January 18.
Islamists Burn, Loot Algerian Church
Islamists burned and looted a Protestant church in northern Algeria in an attack that was fueled by violence against Christians elsewhere in the Muslim and Arab world, church officials said Monday, January 11.
North Korea, Iran World’s “Top Persecutors” Of Christians, Report Says
One of the world’s largest mission agencies, Open Doors, named North Korea and Iran Wednesday, November 6, as “the worst persecutors of Christians”.
Algeria Mob Prevents Protestant Church Services
Tensions remained high in a northern Algerian city Monday, January 3, after a Muslim mob reportedly prevented Christian converts from holding a Christmas service and threatened to kill their church pastor.