Africa

By BosNewsLife Africa Service KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Sudanese woman who was to be executed for refusing to abandon her faith in Jesus Christ walked out of prison Monday, June 23, after a Khartoum court cancelled her sentence.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

BAUCHI, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of people remained displaced Wednesday, February 25, by religious clashes in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi which left at least 11 people dead and 100 hospitalized, Christian rights investigators and police said.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Sudanese authorities have detained several pastors and other Christians following church demolitions and burnings as part of attempts to impose strict Islamic rule in the African nation, several sources told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO (BosNewsLife)-- An Australian Christian missionary who was kidnapped by Islamic militants and freed last week says she hopes to be reunited with her still detained husband and "continue" their medical work in Burkina Faso, though at least seven Christian aid workers were killed there in recent weeks.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Eleven people, most of them Christians, have been shot and killed...

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Algerian court has fined a former Muslim, who converted to Christianity for evangelism, in a case that activists warned would further undermine religious freedom in the North African nation.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Funerals were underway Friday, April 16, in a Muslim-dominated northern Nigerian state for a pentecostal pastor and his wife who were reportedly hacked to death and burnt to ashes by Muslim assailants.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewslife)-- Two evangelical pastors were among some 16 Christians recovering from serious injuries Thursday, June 13, after suspected Islamic militants on a motorbike threw an explosive device into their church compound in southeastern Kenya, police and church officials said.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in central Nigeria faced another day of potential attacks Sunday, December 14, after dozens of people were killed in twin bomb blasts by suspected Islamic militants.

By Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BAMAKO, MALI (BosNewsLife)-- Heavily armed suspected Islamic jihadists on motorcycles have...