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...

Surviving Nigeria’s Boko Haram

January 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Do you ever wonder what it's like to survive a Boko Haram attack? The following report tells of this experience in harrowing detail. Dalori is a displacement camp...

Counting Buhari’s Boko Haram Successes and Failres

January 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Since his December 24 comments asserting Boko Haram's defeat, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari continues to weather criticism from Nigerian and international media alike. That's because Boko Haram's terrorist...

Genocide: Christians Pay the Price for Inaction and Apathy

January 7, 2016 — ICC Note: As a slaughter of religious minorities - in many cases especially Christians - are being slaughtered by extremists organizations. The world is aware of the atrocities and yet...

Egypt Christians Celebrate Christmas Amid Tight Security

January 7, 2016 — ICC Note: As Coptic Christians in Egypt celebrate Christmas, the reality of persecution and violence against the community forms a worrying backdrop. Continued violence against Christians, kidnappings, and attacks on...

Sudanese Pastor Acquitted of Obstructing Church Demolition

January 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Sudanese authorities have released a pastor and the lawyer who has defended Christians in high-profile death penalty cases in the last few years. Pastor Hafiz Mengisto and Attorney...

Egypt’s Broad Blasphemy Law Gives Rise to Abuse

January 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Despite the changes implemented by President Sisi blasphemy remains a critical problem especially for Egyptian Christians. Even something as innocent as sharing a video of Islamic scholars debating...

Nigeria Court in Kano Sentences Cleric to Death for Blasphemy

January 6, 2016 — ICC Note: A Sharia court in Nigeria has sentenced a Sufi Muslim cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy, representing the first such sentencing in Nigeria according to that Islamic...

Chibok Girls Campaigners Slam Buhari for Boko Haram Claim

January 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari continues to receive flack from all sides after claiming that the Nigerian military has "won the war" against Boko Haram. His latest group of...