Africa

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions that rocked a bus station in the Christian neighborhood of Nigeria's northern city of Kano.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ZANZIBAR CITY, TANZANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Leaders of Christians in Zanzibar, Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago, have appealed for more religious freedom in the heavily Islamic region, after Muslim extremists allegedly destroyed at least two church buildings, while elsewhere believers were detained or harassed.  

By BosNewsLife Africa Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- The head of Sudan's Anglican church confirmed Thursday, September 3, that armed groups are killing Christians and others in the south of this predominantly Islamic country "to disrupt a peace agreement" that ended 20 years of civil war.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of people, most of them Christians, remain displaced in Nigeria's farming belt where hundreds of people have been killed by Fulani cattle herders backed by Islamic terror groups, BosNewsLife learned.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO (BosNewsLife)-- An Australian Christian missionary who was kidnapped by Islamic militants and freed last week says she hopes to be reunited with her still detained husband and "continue" their medical work in Burkina Faso, though at least seven Christian aid workers were killed there in recent weeks.

By BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos with reporting by Devin Watkins at the Vatican and reports from Burkina Faso OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Burkina...

By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent with BosNewsLife Africa Service ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- Eritrean security forces have detained nearly a dozen Christians, taking them to undisclosed locations, local Christians and rights activists said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Thursday, November 4.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian evangelist remained behind bars in an Ethiopian prison Wednesday, June 26,nearly three months after he was detained on trumped-up charges of "terrorism and treason" because of his Christian faith and activities, rights activists said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- Eritrea released at least 69 Christian prisoners in recent weeks, including many detained in...