World News: 30 Congolese Christians killed, 10 raped
At least 30 Christians were killed, and 10 young women and girls raped, in a string of attacks on five villages in Democratic Republic of Congo by jihadi terrorists. An […]
World News: Islamists kill dozens in Congo
More than 20 people were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo on October 30. At least 15 of […]
World News: Thousands of children at risk
Thousands of children are at risk because of “unrelenting violence” in the mainly Christian north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on October […]
World News: China crackdown intensifies
The Chinese Communist Party (CPP) is stepping up attempts to prevent information about religious persecution in China from reaching overseas media by threatening pastors with long prison sentences and punishments […]
World News: Blasphemy appeal for couple
Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, a Pakistani Christian couple who have endured six years on death row after a “blasphemy” conviction, are due to have their appeal hearing in the […]
World News: Pakistani Christian, 14, in forced marriage
A 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who was abducted at gunpoint and forced into marriage by a Muslim man, was returned to her kidnapper by the High Court in Lahore on […]
World News: Banker’s revelations about Boko Haram
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was arrested on August 12 after telling a radio interviewer that the security forces were colluding in attacks on Christian […]
World News: Ethiopian Christians murdered
“They came to my home and began to knock on our door violently. We tried to escape with our children via the window. They burned my home and grain mill […]
World News: Saudis claim on Islamophobia
Saudi Arabia’s call to the UN to focus on “eliminating Islamophobia” as an outcome of tackling online racism and xenophobia sets a potentially dangerous precedent – at a level of […]
World News: Genocide in Nigeria
Nigerian Christian leaders around the globe have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague to act now against the “pernicious genocide” in northern Nigeria. The Southern Kaduna […]
World News: Sudan removes apostasy law
The abolition of Sudan’s apostasy law, which carried a death penalty for leaving Islam, has finally been enacted. This has caused great rejoicing amongst Sudanese Christians, especially those who are […]
World News: Jihadists murder 58 Christians
Christians were among those targeted and killed when armed jihadists launched three separate attacks within 48 hours in Burkina Faso that left at least 58 dead. At least 162 Christians […]
World News: Indian Christians Attacked
Church leaders have called for increased protection for religious minorities in India after Christians were targeted in a spate of at least ten attacks in the days leading up to […]
World News: Militant murders continue
Eighteen people, including a Christian nurse, were murdered by militant gunmen in Lamdamol village, Burkina Faso, in an attack that began late on the night of 1 February. The unidentified […]
World News: Boko Haram take ears
Boko Haram terrorists cut off the ears of at least three Christian women after snatching them from their homes during a night-time raid on a mainly Christian town in the […]
World News: Jihadists massacre 100 in Mali
At least 100 men, women and children were slaughtered in Sobame Da, a mainly-Christian village in the Mopti region of central Mali, by heavily-armed Islamist extremists in June. A Barnabas […]