Two Nigerian clergymen have been abducted, and recent video from their captors shows them pleading for their lives. Both men are being held for ransom because of their Christian faith.
Uganda — though their laws permit freedom of religion — has become increasingly hostile to Christians, with one evangelist murdered and two others flogged by Muslim extremists within the last two months.
Eight more people have been slain in Nigeria and two others kidnapped in the relentless persecution of Christians that has made the country the world’s most deadly place for believers.