Three Sudanese Christians were arrested in January after one of them was found with a Bible by the Sudan Armed Forces. While jailed, the trio was tortured before being released in March.
More than 34 Nigerian Christians were slain for their faith in April, continuing a pattern that has made the country the world’s most deadly place to be a follower of Jesus.
Saidu Yakubu, alleged leader of a kidnapping gang that set a fire which destroyed a Nigerian church rectory and killed a seminary student, has been taken into custody.
Antar Abbas Abu Hidia, general secretary of the Sudanese Church of Christ, apprehended by Rapid Support Forces and incarcerated in Soba Prison in Khartoum, Sudan.
Three Christians recently were killed in Uganda for their faith in Jesus Christ, and three others suffered severe attacks.
Seven Kenyan Christians in different countries were killed for their faith, apparently because they were evangelizing among other religious groups.
Nigeria has led the world in the number of Christians kidnapped or killed for their faith.
Nigeria is No. 6 on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
