Africa

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday, August 17, condemned "dark terrorists" who he said are terrorizing Christians and Muslims as the death toll of this week's violence rose to more than 700 people.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of people were killed Friday, August 16, in clashes between security forces and protesters prompting more fear among minority Christians.

< 52 Churches attacked, Bible Society Shops burning <  Christians among 525 killed <  President Obama cancels military exercise to protest crackdown By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos CAIRO/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christians were killed while scores of churches and two Bible Society shops were reportedly destroyed in revenge attacks by Islamic mobs in Egypt, after security services massacred supporters of ex-President Mohamed Morsi.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians woke up in an Egypt on the verge of civil war with as many as 27 churches being attacked and at least two Coptic Christians killed among the at least 525 people who lost their lives in an army crackdown on protests and related clashes.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders in Nigeria expressed concerns Wednesday, August 14, over rising tensions after at least 50 civilians were killed and dozens more injured in a series of weekend attacks in north-eastern Nigeria by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife) -- Rights actvists expressed "deep concern" Friday over rising attacks against Egyptian Christians, after a Coptic Christian girl was shot and killed while walking home from a Bible class at her evangelical congregation.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- As many as 45 people were killed when bomb blasts rocked churches and the surrounding Christian area of northern Nigeria's largest city in the latest setback for government forces fighting a spreading Islamic insurgency, officials and Christians said Tuesday, July 30.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's new government faced pressure to end escalating sectarian clashes Wednesday, July 17, amid reports that minority Christians are fleeing their homes after at least nine believers were killed by Islamic supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- The influential leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain announced three days of prayer as Egypt's minority Coptic Christians feared more violence in the aftermath of the mass killing of more than 50 Islamist protesters in clashes with Egyptian security forces.

By Paul Jongas, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Nigeria LAGOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- The government of Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state said Sunday, July 7, it had closed down all secondary schools after suspected Islamist extremists killed dozens of Christian and Muslim students as well as teachers in a boarding school.