Authorities in Algeria close churches

August 5, 2018

RIKI, Algeria — A worship building was closed in Bejaia Province on July 11, the seventh closure in Algeria since November. The church of about

Sudan returns closed church building

August 4, 2018

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Authorities have handed back a church building they had padlocked four years ago, according to Christian leaders in Khartoum. A Sudanese church

Christians ambushed, killed in Nigeria

July 25, 2018

JOS, Nigeria — Two Christians died and another was seriously wounded in an attack by Muslim Fulani herdsmen on June 10. The three men were

Islamist violence stops worship, injures pastor

July 25, 2018

MAZUBA, Uganda — Islamist threats against a pastor and his family have halted worship services and construction of a church in eastern Uganda. Threats by

Jailed Eritrean pastor released, sources say

July 25, 2018

ASMARA, Eritrea — A pastor imprisoned for more than a decade for his Christian activities has been released, according to Voice of the Martyrs. Pastor

Muslim mobs attack Christian churches in Egypt

July 20, 2018

Christians coerced into an out-of-court settlement following an Islamist attack on a church building in Egypt recently saw the usual outcome — a closed church.

US urged to help curtail violence in Nigeria

June 17, 2018

WASHINGTON — The United States has a responsibility to act to curtail extremist violence in Nigeria, said religious freedom and human rights advocates from both