Five Christians have been sentenced in Algeria for preaching Christianity, with some of them receiving one year imprisonment, Algerian media reported Tuesday, September 4.
...continue reading this storyAn Egyptian court on Monday (September 3) adjourned the hearing of young Christian twins legally forced to take Islamic education after their estranged father became Muslim.
...continue reading this storyThe fate of at least 15 Christian leaders in Zimbabwe remained uncertain Friday, August 24, after they were detained for attending a prayer meeting near the capital Harare without permission from police, opposition sources confirmed.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Eritrea confirmed yesterday that a Protestant pastor in Asmara who disappeared 11 days ago remains missing.
...continue reading this storySecurity police in Alexandria, Egypt have repeatedly tortured a young woman convert to Christianity in custody since Monday (July 16).
...continue reading this storyChristian rights activists expressed concern Wednesday, July 11, over reports that a senior Eritrean government official has "categorically denied the existence of religious repression in Eritrea" and dismissed reports of mass detentions of Christians as "hyperbole".
...continue reading this storyMuslim rioters attacked two Coptic Orthodox churches, damaged Christian-owned shops and injured seven Christians in two unrelated incidents in northern Egypt during the past week, local Christians said.
...continue reading this storyTwenty Christians, including young children, were reportedly still missing Wednesday, June 13, more than two weeks after being detained by Eritrean security forces for allegedly attending a prayer meeting of a banned independent church.
...continue reading this storyThere are concerns that minority Christians in Sudan's volatile western region of Darfur do not receive aid because of discrimination, but aid groups cannot speak openly about the humanitarian situation for fear of jeopardizing their work or being expelled, BosNewsLife established Saturday, May 26.
...continue reading this storyHundreds of indigenous missionaries and other believers in North Africa's expanding underground churches are "constantly in danger of persecution, imprisonment, and death," amid Muslim extremism in the region, a mission group said Friday, May 25.
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