Deadline for Peace Agreement in DRC Passes with No Deal

August 19, 2025 — 8/19/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The Congolese government and the M23 rebel group have missed a self-imposed Monday deadline for a final peace agreement, casting doubt on the peace...

Fulani Militants Kill 3 in Daytime Attack on Plateau Village

August 18, 2025 — 8/18/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — As a group of Christians left a morning devotion time and returned to their homes in the village of Gwon in Plateau state, Nigeria,...

Serving the Hidden Church in Somalia

August 16, 2025 — 08/16/2025 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – In one of the world’s most hostile environments for Christians, International Christian Concern (ICC) is quietly and carefully meeting with Christians in the shadows. In...

Civilians Killed, Others Missing After New ADF Attacks

August 13, 2025 — 8/13/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Two separate attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a terrorist group operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), occurred during the...

Trial for Owo Church Massacre Suspects Begins in Nigeria

August 13, 2025 — 8/13/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — More than two years after a deadly church bombing in Owo, Nigeria, that killed more than 50 worshippers, prosecutors on Monday arraigned five suspects...

Concerns Continue in the DRC as Deadline for Peace Agreement Nears

August 12, 2025 — 8/12/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — With less than a week remaining before the deadline for a finalized peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed...

Christians Endure Sustained Attacks as Fears of Terrorist Takeover Grow in Nigeria

August 11, 2025 — 8/11/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — A series of sustained attacks in the county of Bokkos in Plateau state has left hundreds dead, entire villages abandoned, and farmlands destroyed, raising...

9 Killed in Attacks on Nigeria’s Christian Farming Communities

August 6, 2025 — 8/6/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least nine people, including a police officer, were killed between Aug. 1-5, in a series of coordinated attacks on villages in Agatu County...

Triumph After Tragedy

August 4, 2025 — 8/4/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — In the evening of Feb. 26, 2024, al-Shabab militants entered Joseph’s village in Lamu county, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), looting homes, stealing...

27 Christians Buried Following Fulani Militia Attacks in Nigeria’s Plateau State

July 28, 2025 — 7/28/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — The bodies of 27 people killed during an overnight assault on a Christian farming community in central Nigeria’s Plateau state were laid to rest...

Nearly 40 Christians Killed in ADF Attack in Komanda, DRC

July 28, 2025 — 7/28/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck the town of Komanda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ituri Province late Saturday night into...

Christians in Sudan Watch Helplessly as their Church Building is Demolished

July 25, 2025 — 7/25/2025 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — On July 8, bulldozers, armed forces, and police arrived at the Pentecostal church in the El-Haj Yousif area of Khartoum North’s East Nile District. ...

Fulani Militias Kill 32 Christians in Plateau Village

July 22, 2025 — 7/22/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Residents of Jebu, a predominantly Christian farming village in the Tahoss District of Riyom County, Plateau State, are mourning the loss of at least...

DRC Strikes Early-Stage Peace Agreement with M23 Terror Group

July 21, 2025 — 7/21/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and M23, a Rwanda-backed terrorist organization, met Saturday in Qatar to sign a Declaration of...

From Suffering to Thanksgiving: God’s Design for the Offering

July 17, 2025 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow In the days of Richard the Lionheart and colorful tales of Medieval romance amid crusader adventures, a Christian ruler dwelling well beyond the borders...

ADF Militants Strike 2 Christian Villages in Eastern Congo

July 17, 2025 — 7/17/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — In the middle of the night on May 17, two predominantly Christian villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were shaken by...