“Dead” Missionary to Mali May Be Alive After All

September 28, 2017 — ICC Note A missionary to Mali, previously thought dead, may still be alive, but in captivity. Jerry Krause, a pilot and missionary to the West African country of Mali, disappeared...

Islamist Police Chief Convicted of Human’s Rights Violations in Northern Mali

August 19, 2017 — ICC Note Mali has been going through rough times in recent years as the northern half had been taken by jihadists. These rebels were able to control much of the...

Mali Based terror Group Release Prisoner After Five Years

August 3, 2017 — ICC Note: al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb(AQIM) has released a captive after almost 6 years of being held. The terrorist organization, based in Mali, released a video earlier this year...

4 Killed in Northern Mali in Terrorist Attack

July 26, 2017 — ICC Note: Four people were killed last night by suspected Islamic terror groups in Mali. These four included a young child and two elderly adults who were sleeping when the...

Mali Terrorist Group Releases Video of 6 Hostages

July 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Mali Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, released a proof of life video showing that 6 foreign national hostages they held were still alive. These six...

Christians in Mali Return Home to Celebrate Christmas After Displacement by Radicals

December 26, 2016 — ICC Note One congregation of Christians in Gao, Mali returned home to celebrate their first Christmas in their church which was burned by militants who took over large sections of...

Murder of Fulani Christian mayor in Mali increases concerns over creeping Islamic extremism

December 16, 2016 — ICC Note: The minority groups of Malian Christians as well as Christian foreign expats and missionaries face extreme persecution and social marginalization in Mali. Christians in Mali compose approximately five percent of Mali’s...

Social and Judicial Persecution against Malian Christians

November 28, 2016 — By Sara Solomon 11/28/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Christian persecutors continually adapt methods of persecution to avoid detection. More modern persecution methods can be social and legal in...

KIDNAPPED MISSIONARY RETURNS TO MALI

November 18, 2016 — ICC Note: The Swiss missionary who was kidnapped for the second time has been returned according to Open Doors USA. Beatrice Stockly was kidnapped from the same house in 2012...

Islamic State Recognizes Oath of Allegiance from Jihadists in Mali

November 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Mali and other neighboring countries, known as the Sahel region (Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia) are seeing growth...

Swiss Missionary Kidnapped in Mali ‘Still Alive’

June 17, 2016 — ICC Note: A video was released on social media yesterday, June 16, showing Beatrice Stockly to be still alive. Stockly is a Christian nun from Switzerland who was kidnapped and...

Boko Haram, Islamic State, and the Underlying Concerns for West Africa

May 1, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram and the Islamic State (IS) are theoretically aligned, but the actual and operational effects of this pact remain hard to trace. On the one hand, IS...

Mali Arrests Suspected Bamako Hotel Attacks Mastermind

April 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The mastermind of the deadly November 2015 terror attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako Mali remains in police custody after Malian authorities arrested him Thursday possessing...

West African Bishops Concerned About Persecution of Christians

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: A conference of West African bishops has concluded in Accra, Ghana with the plenary body focusing most of their concern on Christian persecution from radical Islamist terrorism in...

Northern Mali Christians Forced to Abandon their Homes as They Flee Threats and Daily Attacks from Islamic Jihadists

February 26, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and ICC’s Mali Staffer Christians in northern Mali face a barrage of threats from radical Islamists forcing them with little choice, but to leave their homes for...

Al-Qaeda Holds Swiss Missionary Kidnapped in Mali for Second Time

February 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is stamping their continued terrorist influence over north and sub-Saharan Africa, cementing themselves as the prime persecutor of the Church in...