Most International Mission Board (IMB) representatives assigned to the West African nation of Mali have left the country due to the continuing conflict between Islamist
JUBA, South Sudan — Non-Arab Christians in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains said they feel forgotten after Sudanese air forces killed at least 11 of the faithful
The persecution of Christians “vastly rose” in 2012 as radical Islamists consolidated power in Africa, according to Open Doors, a Christian missionary organization that publishes
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania — Suspected Islamic extremists on Christmas Day shot a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, seriously wounding him, area church
JOS, Nigeria — Christmas Eve attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria’s Borno state took the lives of six people at a Baptist church,
A young man came to the United States to look for work because he needed to support his aging parents,” wrote Polaris Project, an organization that
JUBA, South Sudan — Sudanese authorities have arrested two priests of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Sudan and accused them of baptizing a convert from
BELEDWEYNE, Somalia — Gunmen in central Somalia killed an underground Christian on Dec. 8 who had been receiving death threats for leaving Islam, area sources
