Uganda Father Kills Daughter For Becoming Christian
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
KAMPALA, UGANDA (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in eastern Uganda have been mourning a teenage girl who was reportedly beaten to death by her Muslim father after she converted to Christianity.
Nigeria Christians Mourn Hundreds Killed By Islamic Militants, Many Kidnapped
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in volatile Nigeria were mourning their dead Good Friday, April 18, ahead of Easter, after Islamic militants killed more than 200 people and kidnapped hundreds others in the region, including two priests and a nun.
Egypt Christian Woman Killed For Showing Cross
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egyptian police was under pressure Wednesday, April 9, to speed up an investigation into the killing of a young Christian woman by angry Islamists, friends said.
NEWS ALERT: Prayers Urged After Somalia Militants Behead Two Christians
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian aid workers on Tuesday, April 1, asked prayers for two young daughters of a Christian mother who was reportedly publicly executed along with a fellow believer in Jesus Christ.
Nigeria Muslim Militants Attack School, Church
By BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Paul Jongas reporting from Nigeria
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Angry Muslim crowd torched a church and attacked a school in northern Nigeria during a protest against alleged blasphemy of Islam's Prophet Mohammad by a schoolteacher, local media reported Tuesday, April 1.
BREAKING NEWS: Militants Attack Kenya Church; 4 Killed
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
MOMBASA, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants burst into a crowded church near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday, March 23, killing as many as four people and injuring 17 others, local Christians and officials said. Witnesses said at least two gunmen began shooting indiscriminately after interrupting Sunday's worship service of the Joy Jesus Church congregation in Likoni, located across a deep-water channel from Mombasa city.
Nigeria Christians Mourn Deaths In Massive Killings
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nigerian Christians were mourning their deaths Friday, March 21, as the full extend of Islamic militant attacks against them became clear, with at least 150 people killed since last weekend.
Egypt Christian Dies After Libya Attack
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- An Egyptian Christian who was shot in the head by a suspected Islamic extremist in Libya has died of his injuries, family members said.
Seven Christians Executed In Libya
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
BENGHAZI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) urged prayers Friday, February 28, after the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians were found on a beach in a suburb east of Benghazi, Libya'ssecond largest city
Tanzania President Concerned As Militants Target Zanzibar Churches
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tanzania's president has expressed concern over religious tensions amid reports that several Christians were slightly injured in bomb attacks targeting churches and other sites on the semi-autonomous, and mainly Muslim, Zanzibar islands.