Hope for a Peaceful Epilogue to Nigeria’s Violence

May 4, 2024 — By Greg Cochran, Ph.D., ICC Fellow Researchers entering the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., pass between two massive works of art: statues carved by sculptor Robert Aitken nearly a...

Suspicious Fire Destroys Pakistan Church Before Easter

April 3, 2024 — 04/03/2024 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) -- A Presbyterian Church in Pakistan was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday, March 30. The 3:00 a.m. blaze occurred in...

Myanmar Junta Continues Attacks on Civilians, Places of Worship

April 3, 2024 — 04/03/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Free Burma Rangers, an international NGO (non-governmental organization) delivering relief and development aid to civilians in Myanmar, reported this week that the Burmese military...

Alleged Fulani Militants Kill Four on Easter Monday in Nigeria

April 2, 2024 — 04/02/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Four Christians in two northern Nigeria villages were killed by heavily armed attackers on Monday, a day after many believers celebrated Easter. Police would...

Hunger, Malnutrition, and Violence Haunt the DRC

March 28, 2024 — 03/28/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) —UN statistics show that 23.4 million -- one in four -- Congolese face hunger and malnutrition. That makes the central African country the worst affected...

Aid Begins Flowing from Thailand to Burmese Military

March 26, 2024 — 03/26/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — Thailand, in conjunction with the Thai and Myanmar Red Cross organizations, began delivering aid to Myanmar on Monday. The move, designed to address...

Three House Church Members Released from Jail in Vietnam

March 13, 2024 — 03/13/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) -- After one week in prison, three members of an independent Protestant house church in Vietnam have been released to their families and are now...

India Begins Implementation of Discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act

March 12, 2024 — 03/12/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Four years after being passed by Parliament and signed into law, India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will now be implemented, according to a...

More than 600 Kidnapped in Nigeria this Week

March 8, 2024 — 03/08/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- Terrorist groups kidnapped about 687 people in northern Nigeria this week. On Sunday, March 3, gunmen from the Boko Haram terrorist group kidnapped at...

Life After a Terrorist Attack in Kenya

March 8, 2024 — Young Survivor Displays Resilience, Transformation, and Gratitude to ICC 03/08/2024 Kenya (International Christian Concern) -- Rebekah is a Kenyan victim and survivor of a terrorist attack that occurred three years...

M23 Rebel Group Gains Ground in DRC as UN Forces Withdraw

March 8, 2024 — 03/08/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — More than 100,000 civilians were forced to flee their homes this week after two days of fierce fighting in eastern DRC (Democratic Republic of...

U.S. Senators Ask State Department to Address Christian Persecution in Nigeria

March 7, 2024 — 03/07/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) – Three U.S. Senators have sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of State expressing concerns about the agency’s recent exclusion of Nigeria from its Countries of...

Burmese Military Forced to Sign Peace Deal with Northeastern Militia

March 4, 2024 — 03/04/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — In a statement Sunday, the Northern Alliance of Burmese insurgent militant group announced that it had signed a China-brokered peace deal with the Tatmadaw,...

UN Peacekeepers in DRC Begin Withdrawal

March 3, 2024 — 03/03/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The United Nations peacekeeping mission to the violence-ridden Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO, began to pull out of the country last...

No Country Is Safe: Life as a Somali Christian

February 24, 2024 — by Matthew Often cited as the world's best example of a “failed state,” Somalia has for several decades suffered from lawlessness and deprivation. Much of the country is extremely dangerous...

UN Sanctions Rebel Leaders in DRC as Violence Continues

February 23, 2024 — 02/23/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The United Nations Security Council has sanctioned the leaders of five armed rebel groups, according to a statement made Tuesday by Ambassador Robert Wood,...