U.N. Peacekeepers Complete Withdrawal from DRC’s South Kivu Province

May 2, 2024 — 5/1/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Officials announced this week that the U.N.’s peacekeeping force had completed its withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern South Kivu...

Christian Man Jailed, Forced to Convert to Islam

April 30, 2024 — 4/29/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Zachariah, a Christian living in Nigeria, has been imprisoned since January and was forced to convert to Islam to be reunited with his family. ...

Remembering the Promise of Living Water

April 25, 2024 — 4/25/2024 Kenya (International Christian Concern) — Rufinah met her husband, Boniface, years ago in a Kenyan town near the Somalia border. Boniface, a water-drilling machine assistant operator, worked tirelessly to help...

More than Aid

April 25, 2024 — 4/25/2024 Kenya (International Christian Concern) — In the face of persecution, three men risked their lives to follow Jesus in Sudan. Today, with help from International Christian Concern (ICC), they’re...

ADF Rebels Attack Christian Community in DRC Again

April 25, 2024 — 4/24/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the Christian village of Mangina in Beni, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the evening of...

Islamic Extremists Set Fire to Homes of Christians in Southern Egypt

April 24, 2024 — 4/24/2024 Egypt (International Christian Concern) — Around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, Islamic extremists set fire to several homes and shops owned by Coptic Orthodox Christians in Al-Fawakher village...

Terrorists Kidnap, Murder Catholic Catechist in Burkina Faso

April 24, 2024 — 4/24/2024 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) — Young catechist Edouard Yougbare was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists on April 19 in Burkina Faso. “We are heartbroken by the loss of...

U.S. Withdraws from Niger Amid Ongoing Terror Threats

April 23, 2024 — 4/23/2024 Niger (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. announced this week that it was beginning to withdraw troops from Niger, a junta-run West African nation with which Washington has maintained...

12 Dead, Scores Injured After ADF Strikes Beni Again

April 19, 2024 — 4/19/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) — The Islamist militant group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) conducted another horrific attack late Saturday night into early Sunday morning in Beni, Democratic Republic of...

A Decade After #BringBackOurGirls Trended, Many ‘Chibok Girls’ Remain in Captivity

April 14, 2024 — 4/14/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Ten years ago today, the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram broke into the Government Girls Secondary School in the village of Chibok in northeastern...

Persecuted Christian Receives Aid to Keep Children in School

April 11, 2024 — 4/11/2024 Somalia (International Christian Concern) — Halima and her children, Sahra, Ahmed, and Yasir, are part of a community of Somali believers in Mombasa who face persecution from multiple sources....

Christians Choose Love After Enduring Persecution During Ramadan

April 11, 2024 — 4/11/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — As the month-long observance of Ramadan ended on April 9, Christians throughout Nigeria showed love to their Muslim neighbors despite experiencing persecution during the...

Nigerian Advocacy Group Calls for Terrorist Designation for Fulani Militants

April 11, 2024 — 4/11/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – For more than a decade, the people of Bokkos local government area, located in Nigeria’s Plateau state, have suffered from ongoing violent attacks and...

Al-Shabab Kills Christians During Multiple Attacks in Kenya

April 10, 2024 — 4/10/2024 Kenya (International Christian Concern) – During the morning of Tuesday, April 9, suspected al-Shabab members killed a farmer in Bobo, Hindi, a Christian village in Kenya that the Islamic...

Six Christians Killed on Good Friday in Somalia

April 8, 2024 — Somalia (International Christian Concern) – Suspected al-Shabab Islamic extremists killed six Christian men in Somalia on Friday, March 29. The Christians, originally from Kenya, sold plastic goods and shared the...

Creating a Path Toward Education

April 5, 2024 — 4/5/2024 Sudan/Kenya (International Christian Concern) – Reverend Ibrahim, a priest in the Anglican Church and dedicated husband and father of two, shared with International Christian Concern (ICC) how he fled...