Africa

By BosNewsLife Africa  Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Paul Jongas reporting from Nigeria ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected herdsmen from the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group stormed an evangelical church and fired shots during a New Year's Eve worship service in central Nigeria, killing as many as three people and injuring 16 others, reports said Thursday, January 2.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Twelve Christians have been "brutally murdered" in northern Nigeria by suspected militants of the Boko Haram group as part of its campaign to establish an Islamic state, rights investigators told BosNewsLife told BosNewsLife Tuesday, December 31.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service DODOMA, TANZANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Grieving family members observed their first Christmas in northern Tanzania without devoted Christian youth leader Elias Lunyamila Meshack, after he was hacked to death by suspected Islamic militants.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (BosNewsLife)-- Three pastors and a Bible translator are among those killed by Muslim fighters in escalating sectarian violence that has devastated the Central African Republic, local Christians and investigators confirmed Friday

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- One of Egypt's most prominent converts to Christianity faced another day behind bars Wednesday, December 11, after prosecutors ordered his detention for allegedly "inciting religious strife".

By BosNewsLife Africa Service JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (BosNewsLife)-- Nelson Mandela, who was South Africa's first black president, has died at age 95. The elderly statesman, viewed as a symbol of reconciliation and forgiveness following his fight against apartheid and 27 years of imprisonment, leaves behind a nation in mourning, suggested President Jacob Zuma.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nigeria's troubled Christian community was plunged into mourning Wednesday, November 27, after the military confirmed that scores of Christians were killed in Nigeria's Plateau state by suspected Islamic gunmen.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife) -- Egypt's Christian minority, also known as Copts, has become increasingly concerned by the growing number of Christians who have been kidnapped, across the country, Christian activists said Tuesday, November 26. More than 30 Christians were reportedly kidnapped in the southern province of Minya last month alone. Local observers say the situation is especially serious in Minya, a provincial capital, which has been dubbed the "kidnapping capital of Egypt".

By Paul Jongas, BosNewsLife Africa Correspondent NAIROBI/YAOUNDE (BosNewsLife)-- Cameroon on Friday, November 15, blamed neighboring Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram for for kidnapping a French Catholic priest.

By Paul Jongas, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Nigeria ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in southeastern Nigeria were mourning Monday, November 4, after at least 25 people were killed in a stampede during a massive evangelistic gathering, officials said.