Africa

Emboldened by government calls for a Sudan based on Islamic law since the secession of South Sudan, Muslims have attacked Christians trying to finish constructing

DEYNILE, Somalia — Militants from the Islamic extremist al-Shabaab beheaded a 17-year-old Somali Christian near Mogadishu in September, a journalist in the Somali capital said.

OMDURMAN, Sudan — Local authorities have threatened to demolish three church buildings in Omdurman as part of a long-standing bid to rid Sudan of Christianity,

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Violence-weary Christians in Borno state have been further upset to learn of the murder of a Nigerian evangelist by Boko Haram less