Over 150 Al-Shabaab Members Killed in EthiopiaAugust 5, 2022 — 08/04/2022 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) - On Friday, July 29, over 150 members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group, Al-Shabaab, were killed by Ethiopian forces during a fight near the Somalia...
Christian Father and Son Stabbed in Egypt in String of IncidentsAugust 4, 2022 — 08/04/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A Christian father and son in Egypt were attacked by a known radical on July 28, just outside the father’s shop. 43-year-old Joseph Israel and...
Opposition Leaders in Nigeria Threaten President with Impeachment Over Security SituationAugust 4, 2022 — 08/04/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to CNN, opposition leaders in Nigeria have threatened President Muhammadu Buhari with impeachment if he doesn’t improve the security situation in the country...
Governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna State Takes a Step into National PoliticsAugust 3, 2022 — 08/03/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nasir El-Rufai has failed to prevent violence against Christians as governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, and now, he’s attempting to have a say in...
Christian Ministry reports 6 Members Killed, 27 Kidnapped this YearAugust 2, 2022 — 08/02/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - According to a report from Morning Star News, six pastors were killed, and 27 congregants of the Evangelical Church Winning All were kidnapped this...
Second Attack in Seven Weeks in Nigeria’s Ondo StateAugust 1, 2022 — 08/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - ICC previously reported on the attack on a Catholic church that left dozens dead in Owo, a village in Nigeria's Ondo State. Just seven...
Christians Prevented from Worshipping in Burkina FasoJuly 30, 2022 — 7/30/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – According to Aid to the Church in Need International, Catholic churches in Burkina Faso are suffering interference from Islamic groups in the country....
Priests Struggle to Minister to Congregants Due to ViolenceJuly 29, 2022 — 07/29/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern)- Increased attacks from Islamic extremists have severely affected one Catholic diocese, Fada N’ Gourma, in Burkina Faso. The attacks have caused the closures of...
Two Chibok Girls Found Eight Years After AbductionJuly 28, 2022 — 7/31/2022 — (International Christian Concern) – After over eight years in captivity, two more Chibok school girls have been rescued. Now with children, the girls were forced into marriage with...
36 Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria’s Kaduna StateJuly 28, 2022 — 07/28/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On Monday, July 25, an estimated 36 Christians were kidnapped from a village in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. The kidnappers are estimated to be Islamic...
Insurgents Attack Military Base in MaliJuly 27, 2022 — 07/27/22 Mali (International Christian Concern) - On Friday, June 22, Mali’s Kati military base, located outside the capital of Bamako, was attacked by jihadi militants. The Kati military base is...
ICC Supporting Children Orphaned by Radicalized Fulani MilitantsJuly 26, 2022 — 07/25/22 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Nigeria's northern region has become a burial ground for Christians as radicalized Islamic Fulani militias continue to target Christian farmers in the country's middle...
ICC Rescues Refugee Family in the DRCJuly 25, 2022 — 07/25/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2019, an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo left 36 Christians dead. In response, Thomas and his family fled their...
Mozambique’s Battle with Insurgents Rages On: Women and Children are Caught in the CrossfireJuly 24, 2022 — 07/24/2022 Mozambique (International Christian Concern) - As Mozambique continues the “war on terror” that it has been fighting since 2017 against Islamic militants belonging to the ISIS-affiliated group al-Shabaab, women and...
Catholic Priest Abducted in Nigeria’s Kaduna State was MurderedJuly 23, 2022 — By Valkyrie Armstrong 07/23/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Last week, ICC reported on two Catholic priests kidnapped in Kaduna State, Nigeria, on Friday, July 15. Unfortunately, ICC has since...
Pastor’s Family Killed in Northeastern NigeriaJuly 22, 2022 — 07/22/22 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Earlier this month, a pastor and his sons were killed by armed militants in northeast Nigeria. On July 5, gunmen shot Reverend Daniel Umaru,...
