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.
Three suicide bombings in Nigeria killed more than 30 people in late June.
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.
A Somali man received serious injuries when his relatives attacked him for putting his faith in Jesus Christ.
ABUJA, Nigeria — More violence in Nigeria has left 34 Christians dead and others in captivity. Open Doors, which tracks persecution of Christians, says Nigeria
This year, Nigeria ranks No. 6 on Open Doors’ World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
A video uploaded to YouTube earlier this month gives hope that a pastor and his wife abducted 14 months ago in Nigeria are still alive.
