Blasphemy Accusations Fuel Violence Against Christians in Northern Nigeria

February 21, 2025 — 2/21/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Christians in northern Nigeria continue to face increasing violence over accusations of blasphemy, often leading to mob attacks, destruction of property, and forced displacement....

Sudan’s RSF Kills Hundreds of Civilians, Announces Parallel Government

February 19, 2025 — 2/19/2025 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — In what may be its largest act of violence since 2023, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces militia is reported to have murdered 433 people, including...

10 Years Later: The Slaying of 21 Christians in Libya

February 19, 2025 — 2/18/2025 Libya (International Christian Concern) — Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of 21 Christians who were slain by the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Libya on Feb. 15, 2015, because...

The Gift of Realizing One’s Full Potential

February 13, 2025 — 2/13/2025 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — Youhana Argi was born into a deeply religious Muslim family in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. One day, he did what many...

Christian Villages in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Face Ongoing Attacks

February 12, 2025 — 2/12/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least 22 Christians were killed in a series of recent attacks on villages in Plateau state, Nigeria, as armed groups occupied Christian communities,...

5 Muslim Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Rape of 10-Year-Old Christian Girl

February 12, 2025 — 2/12/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Five Muslim men were sentenced in December 2024 to life imprisonment for the rape of a 10-year-old girl from a Christian family in Nigeria. ...

Faithful to the Gospel, Even in the Face of Death

February 11, 2025 — 2/11/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — In the heart of Northern Nigeria, where the gospel often meets fierce — if not deadly — opposition, one man is faithfully sharing the...

Genocidal Militia Continues to Persecute Christians Across Sudan

February 11, 2025 — 2/11/2025 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — In the last weeks of the Biden administration, the United States declared that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were guilty of committing an ongoing...

Two Christians Released in Egypt After 3 Years in Prison

February 7, 2025 — 2/7/2025 Egypt (International Christian Concern) — On Jan. 31, two Christian men, Abdulbaqi Said Abdo and Nour Gerges, were released from prison in Egypt after spending more than three years behind...

Fulani Islamic Extremists Kill at Least 16 Christians in Southern Nigeria

February 6, 2025 — 2/6/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Fulani Islamic extremists stormed a village in Ebonyi state in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 2, shooting Christians and setting homes on...

Nigerian Church Leader Killed During Worship Service

January 30, 2025 — 1/30/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Yomi Adetula, a respected 54-year-old leader of the Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot during a morning service...

Christians Call for Unity, Support Amid Growing Tensions with Fulani Extremists

January 30, 2025 — 1/30/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — On Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Jan. 15, Chief Daniel Chega, the Paramount Ruler of Miango District in Plateau state, Nigeria, said he is actively...

Boko Haram’s Latest Attacks Displace Thousands of Christians in Nigeria

January 24, 2025 — 1/24/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Boko Haram is escalating attacks on Christian communities in Chibok, Borno state, displacing more than 4,000 Christians in recent days. In a series of...

Emerging Islamic Extremist Group Kills Christians in Northern Nigeria

January 16, 2025 — 1/15/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — A newly emerging Islamic terror group, Lakurawa, has once again unleashed violence in Northern Nigeria, targeting Christians and advancing their agenda of establishing an...

20 Christians Remain Incarcerated in Pakistan

January 10, 2025 — 1/10/2025 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — An International Christian Concern (ICC) analysis of data from the United States Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) found that 20 Christians have remained behind...

The Christians Disappearing from Biblical Lands

January 9, 2025 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow In commemoration of Christ’s birth, millions of Christians have made a pilgrimage to the “Holy Land” throughout the years. This last Christmas season, of...