Two Church Leaders Abducted in Sudan Are Freed
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two church leaders abducted in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains have been released, local sources said. The Rev. Yaqob Ibrahim Tia and Zakaria Suliman Jana, both prominent leaders of a Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) congregation in Heiban, South Kordofan state, were freed on July 28 and Aug. 1 respectively, area Christians […]
Another Church Leader Abducted in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Following attacks on clergy in Sudan’s South Kordofan state last month, another church leader in Heiban town was abducted last week, according to sources. Zakaria Suliman Jana, a leader in the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in Heiban, South Kordofan state, was forcefully abducted on the morning of July […]
Oppressed Christians in Algeria Go Underground
(Morning Star News) – Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country gather discreetly in homes, garages or under olive trees, isolating many who are deprived […]
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Three Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian on his way to a Sunday morning worship service was shot and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Aug. 9) in Fann village, Barkin Ladi County, Plateau state in central Nigeria. The unidentified man was one of three Christians slain in Barkin Ladi County in the […]
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Oppressed Christians in Algeria Go Underground
(Morning Star News) – Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country gather discreetly in homes, garages or under olive trees, isolating many who are deprived […]