Five Dead After Gunmen Open Fire on Senator’s Convoy

September 13, 2022 — 09/13/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On Sunday, September 11, unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of a Nigerian senator who was traveling through Anambra state, located in the south of the...

Somali Government Reports 100 Al-Shabaab Fighters Have Been Killed

September 12, 2022 — 09/12/2022 Somalia (International Christian Concern) - In the last month, al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic extremist group, has staged two violent attacks that left a total of around forty civilians dead....

Jihadists Slay Five Civilians in the Congo

September 11, 2022 — 09/11/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - On the evening of Wednesday, September 7, militants belonging to the terror group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed five civilians in an attack in...

Nigeria’s Governor El-Rufai Admits Failure to Suppress Terrorism

September 10, 2022 — 09/10/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – In a memo to Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari earlier this year, Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai was forced to admit that terrorists have only...

U.S. Commission Says Religious Freedom is Deteriorating in Nigeria

September 9, 2022 — 09/09/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its latest report on the state of religious freedom in Nigeria....

Judge Delays Trial Again in Christian Journalist Case

September 8, 2022 — 09/08/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, a judge in Nigeria’s Kaduna State failed to attend the trial of journalist Luka Binniyat, further prolonging the case after months...

Christian Member of Nigeria’s Youth Corps Killed in Brutal Attack

September 7, 2022 — 09/07/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Samaila Sabo Awudu, 28, a Christian man posted in Yola, Nigeria, for his youth corps service duty, was killed on August 26. The...

At Least 35 Killed in Jihadist Roadside Bomb Attack

September 6, 2022 — 09/06/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) - ICC has previously reported on the rise of jihadism in Burkina Faso, which has led to increased violent attacks by Islamic extremists. Many...

18 Killed in Bloody Al-Shabaab Attack

September 5, 2022 — 09/05/2022 Somalia (International Christian Concern) - In an overnight attack that began Friday, September 2, Al-Shabaab militants killed at least 18 civilians and destroyed trucks filled with relief food in...

Eritrean Government Takes Over Religious College

September 3, 2022 — 09/03/2022 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – The government of Eritrea has taken over a Catholic-run technical college, according to the BBC. To support this encroachment, Eritrea cites a 1995 regulation...

Brutally Beaten by Her Family Because She Turned to Christ

September 3, 2022 — 09/03/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Sophia grew up in a Muslim household until last year when she believed in Christ. While her newfound faith in Jesus brought eternal...

ICC Attempts to Visit Nigerian Village Bombed by Helicopter

September 2, 2022 — 09/02/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Last week, ICC sent one of its Nigerian staffers to visit the site of an attack earlier this summer in Nigeria’s central state of...

Three Former Muslim Leaders Hunted Down for Their Conversion

September 1, 2022 — 09/01/2022 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – It’s a rare but eternally-rewarding occurrence when a prominent Muslim leader, known as an imam, leaves behind his years of training in the faith...

Jihadists in Mozambique Launch a New Offensive

September 1, 2022 — 09/01/2022 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) - ICC reported previously on the “war on terror” that Mozambique’s central government has been waging since 2017 against the ISIS-affiliated group Al-Shabaab. A...

Three U.S. Senators and Three Representatives Visit Tunisia’s President

September 1, 2022 — 9/1/22 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – Earlier last week, a U.S. congressional delegation paid a visit to Tunisia’s President Kais Saied at his presidential palace in Carthage, Tunisia. The delegation...

New Tunisian Constitution Concerns Christians

August 31, 2022 — 08/31/2022 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – Tunisia’s recently approved constitution concerns religious minorities, including Christians, after more powers were given to the sitting president and increased references to Islam. The...