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...

Swiss Woman Kidnapped in Timbuktu, Mali for Second Time in 3 Years

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Northern Mali has been overrun by Islamist terrorists and have kidnapped Beatrice Stockly, a Swiss missionary, for the second time in three years. Stockly left Mali for Switzerland...

Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2015

January 9, 2016 — ICC Note: 2015 was a year marked by horrific persecution, especially in Africa. The following Morning Star News report details top persecution stories of the year, many of which happened in...

Ethnic Somalis Are Dying in Kenya, and Some Say the Government is to Blame

January 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The Washington Post reports from the Somali-border town in Mandera Kenya that dozens of ethnic Somalis are mysteriously disappearing from Kenya's northeast in the fight against terror group...

Boko Haram, ISIS, Al-Shabab: Christians Must Pray Without Ceasing, Pastor Says

January 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The global media have hammered Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for his statements on Christmas Eve saying that Boko Haram is "technically defeated." One Nigerian pastor says the only...

Egypt’s Sisi Attends Coptic Christmas Mass for Second Straight Year

January 8, 2016 — ICC Note: President Sisi visited the Christmas celebration at the Saint Mark's Cathedral in Cairo again this year. His visit carries much symbolic weight in a country that remains deeply...