Kenyan Widow, Children Stand in Hope After Losing Father to PersecutionMarch 31, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and James Kake When he left his home in Nakuru County, Kenya for Mandera near the Somali border on December 19, Meshack Otieno had no idea that...
Kenyan Christians Feel Betrayed After Court Rules to Release Persecution Attack SuspectsMarch 30, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and James Kake 3/30/16 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Kenyan Christians are demanding justice after a Mombasa court acquitted two suspects who had been charged in the...
Mpeketoni Terror Attack Suspects Freed for Lack of EvidenceMarch 23, 2016 — ICC Note: Four suspects linked to the June and July 2014 al-Shabaab massacre in Mpeketoni and Hindi, Kenya are now free after a Kenyan court found insufficient evidence to convict...
U.S. Military: Africa Failing in War Vs. Al-ShabaabMarch 10, 2016 — ICC Note: A top U.S. military commander says Kenyan and Somali forces are failing in the war against East Africa's primary persecutor of the Church: al- Shabaab. The militant Islamist...
Christian Missionary Says Biggest Threat to Sharing the Gospel in Africa Is TerrorismMarch 8, 2016 — ICC Note: A prominent Christian missionary who's been ministering in Africa for decades says the largest threat to reaching the unreached on the continent is terrorism. Lee Sonius told Christian...
Remembering a Brother in Kenya who Died Fighting PersecutorsMarch 7, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and James Kake Richard Mwanzia’s family remembers him as a loving father, a devoted follower of Christ, and a brave soldier who fought the single largest persecution...
Bombed, Burned, and Urinated On: Christianity & Churches Under IslamMarch 3, 2016 — ICC Note: By Emma Lane, Regional Manager for the Middle East: In a brilliant piece from the Gates Institute Website, scholar, Raymond Ibrahim made a very brief chronicling of Muslim Persecution of...
Mandera Quarry Attack Survivors Sow New Seeds of HopeFebruary 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian quarry workers al-Shabaab attacked in July 2015 in Mandera, Kenya forge forward on their long road to physical and psychological recovery after gunmen assaulted their living quarters, murdering 14...
Kenya to Build Prison for JihadistsFebruary 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya is planning to build a prison exclusively for offenders and detainees suspected of terrorism that come from extremist ideologies such as members of al-Shabaab. The government's goal...
Muslim Relatives of Somali Christian in Kenya Beat Him Unconscious for His FaithFebruary 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Muslim Background Believers (MBBs) face some of the fiercest persecution around the world, even in places where the majority of the population experiences relative religious freedom. Hassan is...
How a Persecuted Christian Brought to the Edge of Death in Kenya Can Forgive Her PersecutorsFebruary 12, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and James Kake Gunshots rang out early in the morning of April 2, 2015, and Anatstaciah Mikwa’s mind raced as she wondered what was happening. “That was...
Al Shabaab Kills Christians in Raid on Village in Coastal KenyaFebruary 5, 2016 — ICC Note: In the early morning hours of January 31, extremists from the group Al Shabaab carried out an attack on Maporomoko village in coastal Kenya. Reports indicate that of...
Kenya Troops ‘Pull Out of Somali el-Ade and Badhadhe Bases’January 26, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya is pulling troops from two military bases inside Somalia, one of which that's been attacked by al-Shabaab. The militanst Islamic terror group all the while continues to...
Kenyan Muslim Who shielded Christians From Terrorists DiesJanuary 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The man who defended Christians from al-Shabaab attackers during a December bus attack in northeast Kenya has died. Salah Farah sustained gunshot wounds that would take his life...
School Is Back in Session in Garissa, for NowJanuary 20, 2016 — ICC Note: Now that Garissa University is open for classes in northeast Kenya, security moving forward has become the primary concern in the region. On the surface, the region and...
Kenya Backs Down On Attempt to Regulate Religion After Christian OutcryJanuary 13, 2016 — ICC Note: After public outcry from religious leaders, Kenyan authorities have backed down from new proposals to regulate religious freedom in Kenya. The measures would have forced churches to register...
