Christians die in Eritrea after incarceration
January 29, 2009
ASMARA, Eritrea — A 42-year-old man in solitary confinement is the latest of three Christians to die in the last four months in Eritrean military
Gambia sentences missionaries to hard labor
January 29, 2009
A British missionary couple in Gambia have been sentenced to a year in prison of hard labor for sending e-mails critical of Gambian dictator Yahya
Tonga suffering relieved by Baptist food project
January 1, 2009
BINGA, Zimbabwe –– Southern Baptists have brought badly needed relief to an isolated region of Zimbabwe, where a national political impasse — compounded by hyperinflation,
Christians’ freedom ignored on African isles
January 1, 2009
CHAKE-CHAKE, Pemba — Christians on the predominantly Muslim islands of Pemba and the Comoros Archipelago are beaten, detained and banished for their faith, according to
Muslim riot leaves 500 dead, 40 churches destroyed
January 1, 2009
JOS, Nigeria — The murderous rioting sparked by Muslim attacks on Christians and their property Nov. 28–29 left six pastors dead, at least 500 other
LifeWay emphasizes abstinence in Africa
December 18, 2008
After successfully launching True Love Waits in six African countries a little more than a year ago, the ministry has received an additional $350,000 to
Christians tortured after accused of killing Muslim
December 11, 2008
MALLAWI, Egypt — Two Coptic Christians wrongfully arrested for killing a Muslim during the May 31 attack on Abu Fana monastery in Egypt have been
Muslims attack Coptic church, oppose expansion
December 11, 2008
AIN SHAMS, Egypt — Thousands of Muslim protestors Nov. 23 attacked a Coptic church in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, burning part of it, a
