Kenya: Evangelists Cleared of Inciting Muslims to Violence
A Nairobi court yesterday acquitted two U.S. evangelists and their Kenyan counterparts of charges of inciting Muslims to violence.
Christian Persecution – Africa
Eritrea Releases Gospel Singer Helen Berhane From Prison
Amid mounting international pressure Eritrea’s authorities have released Helen Berhane, an Eritrean Gospel singer who was jailed since May 2004, Christian rights investigators confirmed Saturday, November 4.
Eritrea: Police Arrest 150 More Christians
In a large-scale roundup the past week, Eritrean authorities have detained 150 Christians from at least five of the country’s outlawed churches.
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia: Death and danger in the Horn of Africa
Tensions are rising across the Horn of Africa – there is death and danger. Irredentist Somali Islamists have declared jihad against Ethiopia. Christians are being attacked and murdered by Muslims in Ethiopia. Eritrea, which is accused of arming the Somali Islamists, is exploiting an opportunity and has breached the 2000 cease-fire agreement by moving troops into the Eritrea-Ethiopia border buffer zone. Two Protestant Christians were recently tortured to death in Eritrea. The savagery of persecution appears to be escalating in proportion to regional tensions — and it could be about to get much worse.
Ethiopia Christians Attacked By Muslim Militants; Several Injured
Religious rights investigators expressed concern Thursday, October 19, about the situation of evangelical Christians in Ethiopia after Muslim leaders reportedly attacked dozens of believers, seriously injuring 12 people, including a pregnant woman, outside Addis Ababa, the capital.
Eritrea: Two Christians Tortured to Death
Eritrean security police tortured two Christians to death yesterday, two days after arresting them for holding a religious service in a private home south of Asmara.
Egypt: Christian Convert from Islam Jailed
A Muslim sheikh jailed in Egypt for 18 months has declared from his prison cell that he is under arrest for “insulting Islam†by becoming a Christian.
Nigeria: Teacher on Trial After Punishing Muslim Student
A Christian high school teacher at Government College in Keffi, in the northern state of Nasarawa, is on trial for blasphemy after he disciplined a Muslim student.
Nigeria: Student Eight Months in Hiding after Escape from Stoning
Eight months after she escaped from a judgment by officials at a school of nursing she attended in Sokoto to stone her to death for “blasphemy,†Ladi Muhammed is still in hiding.
Egypt: Christian Girl Escapes Muslim Kidnappers
An Egyptian Christian teenager escaped her Muslim kidnappers last week hours after they had drugged her on a public bus. While holding her captive, they threatened to rape her and convert her to Islam if her family did not leave their Nile Delta city of El-Mahala el-Kobra.
Attacks on Somali Christian Refugees in Kenya
Somali Christian refugees in Kenya continue to face increasing attacks from Somali groups and struggle to receive adequate assistance to survive, according to reports received by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
Muslim Youths Destroy 10 Nigerian Churches
A mob of Muslim youths injured six Christians — one critically — and set fire to 10 churches last week in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state in northern Nigeria.
Nigeria Muslim Mob Destroy Churches and Christian Homes; Several Injured
Christians faced another tense night in Northern Nigeria late Friday, September 22, where authorities imposed a curfew after angry Muslim mobs burned 11 churches over what they called “blasphemy” against the Prophet Mohammad by a Christian woman, police and Christian investigators said.
Eritrea Orders Protestant Assets Confiscated
The Eritrean government demanded this month that the Kale Hiwot Church surrender all its property and physical assets to the government.
Somalia Militants Kill Christian Convert
Muslim militants in Somalia shot and killed a young Christian man who converted from Islam eleven months ago, Christian sources said Friday, September 15.
Eritrea Jails Nearly 2,000 Christians
Nearly two thousand Christians spent another Sunday, behind bars in Eritrea where they are allegedly subjected to torture and forced labor because of their religious beliefs.
Egypt Muslim Kills Christian Cobbler amid Rising Religious Tensions
A Muslim ex-convict reportedly stabbed and killed a Christian cobbler northeast of Cairo saying he had planned to murder him because he was an ‘infidel’ who made a comment that offended him, BosNewsLife monitored Sunday, August 20.
“Severe Persecution” for Christians in Western Ethiopia; Believer Crucified
Christians in Muslim-dominated regions of Ethiopia faced another tense Sunday, August 13, amid what Christian investigators describe as “severe but under-reported persecution,” including the crucifixion of one Christian believer.
100,000 Christians Demand Release Eritrea Believers From Prison
Three major advocacy groups have given the Eritrean Embassy in London a petition signed by over 100,000 people demanding the release of Christians jailed for their faith, organizers said Wednesday, July 19.
Somalia Christian Men Killed, Children Kidnapped
Christians in Somalia were bracing for more attacks Thursday, July 13, amid reports that at least three Christian men were killed in the capital Mogadishu, as Muslim violence spread across this Horn of Africa nation.