GARFIELD, NJ (ANS) -- The indiscriminate slaughter of more than two million people, mostly black Christians, but also Muslims and animists, in southern Sudan, has been brought about by the National Islamic Front (NIF) who long ago declared a jihad (holy war) on the south. Human rights observers say that NIF violates almost every provision of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
...continue reading this storyA recent VOM report from Ghana tells of the needs faced by our Christian brothers and sisters who face persecution from animists and Muslims in the countryside. Recently VOM workers had to disguise themselves as they traveled into one region, as the local people view strangers with great suspicion. Believers there face being killed by their neighbours. They live in great poverty and have not nearly enough Bibles for the number of Christians. Bibles, Bible portions and Christian literature in the local language are smuggled into the area by Ghanaian believers at great risk. Recently 32 Christians were sent out of the region by pastoral leadership for fear that they might be killed because of their conversion to Christianity.
...continue reading this storyScreams pierced the air as invaders forced their way onto the farm just outside Gweru, Zimbabwe.
...continue reading this storyOfficers from Brunei's Internal Security Department (ISD) have questioned indigenous church leaders during the last few months about an organized prayer program authorities are concerned is a threat to the stability of the Southeast Asian Muslim sultanate.
...continue reading this storyPushing aside years of internal disputes, churches in the West Africa country of Niger are finding unity is giving them a new boldness to face violent crime and a more aggressive Islam.
...continue reading this storyFive Nigerian Christians -- two priests and three church members -- are currently facing trial for assisting two Christian girls who escaped from arranged marriages.
...continue reading this storyRev. Al Sharpton recently returned from Sudan after a fact-finding trip to address the issue of slavery in the Africa’s largest nation.
...continue reading this storyThe Bauchi state government in northern Nigeria has threatened to demolish two churches for zoning violations.
...continue reading this storyEthnic violence between the Bajju and Ikulu ethnic groups in the Zangon Kataf region of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria have led to the killing of a pastor and two others.
...continue reading this storyEvery Friday, during the Muslim holy day, a special group of Christians meet in a house.
...continue reading this story