Concerns Over Mozambique Violence After Murder Missionary
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE (BosNewsLife)-- An umbrella group of church leaders in Mozambique has condemned spreading violence in the southeastern African nation, after the killing of a Catholic missionary by armed robbers.
Concerns Over Life Sentence For Egypt Christians
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists remained concerned Saturday about the plight of 12 Christians who were sentenced to life imprisonment in Egypt over sectarian violence that killed three people last year.
Egypt’s Christians Fearful Of Outcome Presidential Vote
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's minority Christians were on edge Thursday, May 23, as voting continued in the first open presidential election since last year's ouster of leader Hosni Mubarak, amid fresh fears that hardline Islamists hold the key to more power.
Activists Commemorate Massive Detentions Of Eritrean Christians
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
LONDON/ASMARA (BosNewsLife)-- Activists from Britain and Ireland were taking part in a protest outside the Eritrean embassy in London on Thursday, May 17, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of mass detentions of Eritrean Christians, organizers said.
Residents of Nigerian City Traumatized After Easter Bombing (Special Feature)
By Lekan Oyekanmi, Voice of America Correspondent reporting from Kaduna, Nigeria
KADUNA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Still traumatized residents in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna are trying to resume their lives after an Easter Sunday car bombing that killed at many as 38 people. Scores of wounded and witnesses are attempting to come to grips with the attack.
BREAKING NEWS: 15 Christians Killed In Nigeria Attack
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants attacked a Christian worship service in in northern Nigeria Sunday, April 29, killing over a dozen people and injuring many others, an evangelist told BosNewsLife from the region.
Nigeria Church Collapse Kills 22
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northern Nigeria were without weighing their options Monday, April 23, after a packed church building collapsed during a recent Easter vigil service, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 30 others.
NEWS ALERT: Thousands of Sudanese Christians Seeking Shelter Amid “All-Out-War” Threat
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian aid workers warned Monday, April 16, of a looming "all-out war" between Sudan and South Sudan with thousands of Christians in both nations seeking shelter.
Pope Condemns Persecution Christians Amid Nigeria Bloodshed
By BosNewsLife News Center
VATICAN CITY/ABUDJA/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Benedict XVI on Easter Sunday condemned discrimination and persecution of Christians around the world, just as news emerged that dozens of people were killed in an attack near Nigerian churches.