Twenty 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.
...continue reading this storyEgyptian authorities have released a Christian convert from Islam who had been jailed without charges under Egypt’s controversial emergency laws for the past two years, a Christian news agency reported Thursday, May 24.
...continue reading this storyNative Christian missionaries in one of the most remote and religiously tense areas of Nigeria continued their activities Friday, May 18, amid reports that a violent storm destroyed an entire community.
...continue reading this storyDozens of suspected Muslim militants were said to remain in custody Monday, May 14, after Egyptian security forces arrested them over the weekend on charges of setting fire to Christian homes and shops in clashes over church construction.
...continue reading this storyThere was international concern late Friday, May 4, about the plight of a key Christian leader and about 80 other evangelicals, including foreign nationals, who were reportedly detained in Eritrea's capital Asmara where government security forces raided the Presbyterian Mehret Yesus Church.
...continue reading this storyAn Egyptian and three Sudanese Christians were killed last week when their truck came under gunfire after holding an evangelistic meeting in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains region.
...continue reading this storyEvangelical Christians in Cameroon faced an uncertain future Sunday, April 29, amid fresh reports that local authorities are seeking to control the "surging numbers" of Pentecostal churches in Western African nation.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Nigeria were on high alert Monday, April 23, as election officials confirmed that the outgoing Christian president of Nigeria will be succeeded by a controversial Muslim candidate following Saturday's election.
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