Woman Held Five Months Without Trial in NigeriaNovember 10, 2023 — 11/10/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- A Christian woman and mother of five children, Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, has been detained and quarantined for five months since her arrest in May...
Boko Haram Kills at Least 11 in Borno StateNovember 9, 2023 — 11/09/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Suspected Boko Haram jihadists attacked rice fields in the farming community of Zabarmari outside the regional capital Maiduguri on Monday, Nov. 6. The attackers...
Persecution Continues Against Algerian Christians as War Rages in the Middle East November 8, 2023 — 11/08/2023 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – The Algerian government continues its crackdown on churches in the North African nation of 42 million people. House churches can now only have a...
Persecuted Christian Communities in Nigeria Organize Cultural Festival and Demand JusticeNovember 2, 2023 — 11/02/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- The Rigwe tribesmen in North-Central Nigeria recently organized a cultural festival in Jos City that drew communities from across the country. The annual festival...
Nine ADF Members Charged with Terrorism in UgandaOctober 25, 2023 — 10/24/2023 Uganda (International Christian Concern) -- Nine terrorist suspects were recently sent to the High Court by the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court to face terrorism charges. The nine men...
ADF Kills 26 in DRCOctober 25, 2023 — 10/25/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) – The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamic extremist group affiliated with the Islamic State, killed 26 people in the northeastern portion of the Democratic...
Al-Shabab Strikes Military Facility in MogadishuOctober 23, 2023 — 10/23/2023 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab detonated a car bomb at a military facility on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Saturday, killing six people including...
Nigerians in Plateau State Seek Justice for Massacre Six Years AgoOctober 21, 2023 — 10/21/2023 – Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Six years after a massacre of 29 Christians in a small community in Plateau State, Nigeria, residents are still waiting for justice. At...
South Africa Adds Clearance Restrictions of Faith Based OrganizationsOctober 20, 2023 — 10/20/2023 South Africa (International Christian Concern) -- The State Security Agency of South Africa recently proposed legislation that would require non-government (NGO) or faith-based organizations (FBO) to go through further...
ADF Kills Three in Uganda After Foiled Church Bombing AttemptOctober 18, 2023 — 10/18/2023 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed two foreign nationals and a Ugandan in Kasese District, western Uganda on Tuesday, October 17, according to reports. The...
Terrorists Gift Bombs to Pastors, Ugandan Police InterveneOctober 18, 2023 — 10/18/2023 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – Ugandan police prevented the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist group from bombing two churches on Sunday. The Islamic State-linked militants planned an attack on two...
Kenyan Villagers Recall Fateful Attack by TerroristsOctober 17, 2023 — 10/18/2023 Kenya (International Christian Concern) -- On the fateful night of Sept. 19, 2023, the Salama Village in Kenya was engulfed in terror as a jihadist group invaded the peaceful...
A Christian Community in Nigeria Mourns, Hours After Celebrating Nigeria’s IndependenceOctober 6, 2023 — 10/06/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Hours after celebrating Nigeria's 63rd Independence Anniversary at a local church in Kwall district of Bassa county, northcentral Nigeria, Christians from Du Village gathered...
Nigeriens Killed in an Attack by Hundreds of JihadistsOctober 6, 2023 — 10/06/2023 Niger (International Christian Concern) – Hundreds of Jihadists attacked and killed seven Nigerien soldiers in the southwest region of Niger on Thursday, Sept. 28. Five others lost their lives...
Nigerian Air Force Strikes Terrorist GroupsOctober 4, 2023 — 10/04/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- The Nigerian Air Force recently conducted airstrikes against extremist groups in the Lake Chad Basin including Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
Terrorists Run Rampant after UN Withdrawal in MaliOctober 4, 2023 — 10/04/2023 Mali (International Christian Concern) -- Mali faces worse conditions as forces from the United Nations continue their departure from the country. Terrorist groups including affiliates from al-Qaida, the Islamic...
