Missionary Slain by Al-Qaida Led ‘Triumphant Life’

January 18, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian missionary named Mike Riddering was one of the 29 victims of Saturday's bloody terror attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. Riddering's life testifies to one...

Burkina Faso: Elderly Missionary Couple ‘Kidnapped by Islamic Extremists’

January 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Two Christian missionaries have been abducted in northern Burkina Faso. Ken and Jocelyn Elliott were serving as medical missionaries, having established a hospital in Djibo, Burkina Faso where...

Burkina Faso Hotel Splendid Siege Ends but Other Hotel, Restaurant Still Under Assault

January 16, 2016 — ICC Note: An al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist terror group has taken responsibility for a deadly attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital killing 23 people from 18 countries according to...

Boko Haram Terrorists Now Disguise As Fruit and Vegetable Sellers – Nigerian Military

January 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Military officials in Nigeria divulge a new deadly tactic Boko Haram is employing to inflict maximum casualties during attacks: hiding improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under vendor carts at...

Chibok Girls – Buhari Orders Fresh Investigation

January 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a new probe into the Chibok girls kidnapping. In April 2014, militant Islamists from the terror group Boko Haram stormed a government...

2015 Was the Worst Year for Christian Persecution

January 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian persecution in Libya has risen significantly with the rise in extremist violence over the past two years with include ISIS influence. Remaining among the most dangerous and...

The Questions No One Is Asking About Eritrea

January 14, 2016 — ICC Note: Eritrea is one of the most difficult places in the world to be a Christian. The government treats brothers and sisters in Christ as enemies, simply for following...

Nigeria’s Buhari Agrees to Meet #BringBackOurGirls Team

January 14, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to meet with representatives from the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. The group is a body made up of concerned citizens and parents of the...

Church Building in Algeria Looted, Vandalized

January 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Vandals attacked and destroyed the interior of a church in the Algerian city of Tizi-Ouzou on Thursday, January 7 causing damages in excess of $8,000. Although the identity...

Kenya Backs Down On Attempt to Regulate Religion After Christian Outcry

January 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...

Major Persecution Trends See Rise in Africa in 2015

January 13, 2016 — ICC Note: 2015 represented a horrific year in Africa marked by Islamic extremism representing the primary driver of Christian persecution on the continent. From riots in Niger in January, to...

Reimagining the Refugee Camp

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: The world's refugee camps are a mess. Fraught with insecurity, they often serve as the recruiting base for extremist terrorism where residents lack an autonomous voice and tend to...

Kenya’s Evangelical Alliance Opposes Registration Plan

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya's government is reportedly considering measures that would force church's to register as religious organizations and would require religious leaders to get background checks. Christian denominations in Kenya...

Eastern Christmas and Egypt’s President

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: As Egypt's Christians celebrated Christmas, President Sisi attended the Christmas Eve mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. He was once again greeted to many cheers and well-wishes,...

The Massacre Nigeria forgot: a Year after Boko Haram’s Attack on Baga

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: International Christian Concern (ICC) marks the one-year anniversary of the Boko Haram massacre of Baga, Nigeria, where 2,000 people were slaughtered, with great sadness. While Nigerian President Muhammadu...

Kenya’s Garissa University Restarts Teaching After Attack

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Garissa University College reopened Monday for teaching, more than nine months after a deadly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 148 people. During the assault, al-Shabaab terrorist...