Reverend Ghirmay Araya, one of the founders of the Full Gospel Church in Eritrea who spent nearly three years behind bars for activities linked to his faith in Christ, has died, supporters told Worthy News late Thursday. He was 83.
...continue reading this storyThe United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Monday that conflict, drought, and massive flooding has caused the internal displacement of 140,000 people in Somalia in the last four months, Medicine Reports.
...continue reading this storyIn a rare victory against Islamic terrorists in northern Nigeria, the country’s military forces on Tuesday were able to rescue 350 hostages taken captive by the Boko Haram jihadist organization over a period of years, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyIslamic terrorists in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday slaughtered 11 Christians, abducted several others, and burned down homes in Ndimo village, Ituri province, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyNine students who were abducted from Nigeria’s Confluence University of Science and Technology last week have all now been rescued, Reuters reports.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Algeria have appealed for prayers after an appeals court sentenced a prominent pastor to one-year imprisonment related to organizing “unauthorized worship” in the Islamic nation.
...continue reading this storyThere has been an uptick in attacks on Christians in Nigeria by Fulani jihadist herdsmen, and on May 5, six people were boldly slaughtered in their homes during a raid on a predominantly Christian village in Kaduna state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
...continue reading this storyThe relentless murder of Christians in Nigeria is continuing, despite repeated warnings from rights groups, including the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, that Nigerian believers in Christ are facing genocide at the hands of Islamic terrorists.
...continue reading this storyChristian villagers in Egypt’s southern Minya province are recovering after they were nearly torched alive by Islamic militants ahead of Orthodox Easter, Christians told Worthy News on Thursday.
...continue reading this storyAmid a spate of murderous attacks against Christians by Fulani jihadist herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau state, 12 mostly women and babies from a Christian farming community in Mangu County were slaughtered in their beds at 2 am on Apr. 19, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
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