Pope, Russia’s patriarch meet for first time
February 18, 2016
At a historic meeting Feb. 12, Pope Francis and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed a joint declaration on the issue of persecuted Christians
Imam suspect in Christian’s killing
February 18, 2016
An imam who threatened a convert from Islam in eastern Uganda has been arrested in connection with the killing of a 28-year-old Christian. Laurence Maiso’s
Islamic extremists kill 4 Christians in Kenya
February 11, 2016
MAPOROMOKO, Kenya — In a pre-dawn raid on a predominantly Christian area in coastal Kenya on Jan. 31, Islamic extremist Al-Shabab rebels killed at least
Suicide attacks leave 26 Christians dead, dozens injured
February 4, 2016
GOMBI, Nigeria — Suicide attacks on two predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29 left at least 26 people dead
Pastors kidnapped by masked gunmen in Nigeria
February 4, 2016
OKENE, Nigeria — Two Nigerian pastors have recently been abducted in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the last three
Ugandan pastor beheaded over land dispute
January 28, 2016
NANSOLOLO, Uganda — A pastor in eastern Uganda was hacked to death in December 2015 as he and other church members resisted an effort by
Islamic extremists kill 2 Christians in attack
January 21, 2016
EL WAK, Kenya — An attack on a bus and a truck in Kenya by Islamic extremists from Somalia’s Al Shabaab insurgency took two Christian
Muslim Fulani attack, kill Christians in Nigeria
January 7, 2016
BACHI, Nigeria — Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked two households and a compound of displaced people in a village near Jos on Dec. 13, 2015, killing
