BREAKING NEWS: Traffickers Threaten To Kill Eritrean Christian Hostage
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Time was running out Thursday, November 22, for an abducted Christian Eritrean man in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after his kidnappers told him to pay $25,000 or face “organ harvesting” and be killed, he and Christian rights activists said.
Egypt Detains Christian For “Praying Without License”
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A Coptic Christian was believed to remain under police surveillance Friday, November 6, after he was reportedly detained for two days in central Egypt for "praying without a license."
BREAKING NEWS: Jailed Sudan Christian Gives Birth While Awaiting Execution
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
KHARTOUM/PRAGUE/THE HAGUE (BosNewsLife)-- A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith in Jesus Christ, has given birth to a baby girl in prison, her lawyers and local sources said.
BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria Church Blast Kills Five; Dozens Injured
By Paul Jongas, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Nigeria
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife) At least five people were killed and dozens injured Sunday, November 25, when a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church inside the Jaji military barracks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, officials said.
Pope to Visit One of Saddest Places on Earth (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Pope Francis plans to visit the Central African Republic this month and you do not have to be Catholic to want to pray for him. For this country – a land-locked former French colony situated between Cameroon and South Sudan – has to be one of the saddest places on earth.
Nigeria Christians Warned Against Retaliation As Deadline Looms To Leave
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- With a deadline approaching to leave their homes or be killed, Christians in northern Nigeria were urged Tuesday, January 3, not to retaliate against Islamic violence.
URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Hundreds Dead As Christians, Muslims Clash In Nigeria
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- At least some 400 people have been killed and thousands forced to flee their homes in the central Nigerian city of Jos where Christians and Muslims clashed in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation in years.Fighting began Friday, November 28, amid a dispute over the result of a local election, witnesses said Saturday, November 29.
NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Militants Attack Catholic Church; Several Injured
By Paul Jongas, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Nigeria
GOMBE, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northeastern Nigeria were lucky to be alive after suspected Islamic militants attacked the Catholic church where they were worshiping, injuring at least two police men and several others.