Several Coptic Monasteries Left to Crumble in EgyptMarch 1, 2022 — 03/01/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Several Coptic monasteries in Egypt are facing renovation and reopening issues, including Saint Paul’s monastery near Egypt’s Red Sea. The 4th-century monastery suffered serious flood...
Algerian Authorities Arrest Another Christian as Churches Remain ClosedFebruary 28, 2022 — 2/28/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Last month, Algerian authorities arrested another Christian man after preaching outside of a church and distributing bibles. The man, Mohammed Derrab, remains in detention...
Four Christians Killed by Terrorists in The DR CongoFebruary 28, 2022 — 02/28/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Four travelers were killed Thursday evening while driving in Karuruma, Eastern DRC, after their vehicle was barricaded by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists. Among...
A Spiritual WastelandFebruary 28, 2022 — 02/28/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The events leading up to the death of Reverend Shuaibu Yohanna are inconceivable for most Westerners. But for Christians in northern Nigeria, such...
Egypt’s Christians Left Out of Nation’s Favorite PastimeFebruary 24, 2022 — 02/24/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Although Coptic Christians constitute around 10% of Egypt’s population, there are few to no Copts represented at the top level or national teams for soccer....
Nigerian Soldiers Beat Christian Boy Requesting Protection from MilitantsFebruary 24, 2022 — 02/24/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Unarmed Christian farmers in a village in Bassa County of Plateau State, Nigeria, were threatened this week by armed Fulani militants who previously killed...
An Attack on Their LivelihoodsFebruary 24, 2022 — 02/24/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On the morning of October 15, 2021, 12-year-old Emmanuel Amos joined his eight-year-old brother, Abednego, and their father, David, on a trip to...
Kenyan Medical Officer Abducted by TerroristsFebruary 21, 2022 — 02/21/2022 Kenya (International Christian Concern) – A Kenyan medical officer was abducted Friday, February 18th, after Somali-based al-Shabaab militants stormed Fino hospital in Lafey, Mandera County. In a statement, Police reported...
Leading the Underground Church in Zanzibar February 20, 2022 — In 1998, Pastor Mathews left his home in Kilimanjaro for the Island of Zanzibar to fulfill his calling to be a street preacher. For the last 24 years, he has...
Leah Sharibu Still in Terrorist Captivity Four Years LaterFebruary 19, 2022 — 02/19/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the fourth year anniversary of the abduction of Leah Sharibu, a Nigerian schoolgirl who was just fourteen when she was kidnapped by...
The U.S. Must Do More to Advance Religious Freedom in NigeriaFebruary 18, 2022 — 02/18/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – In a canned statement, a Biden administration official wrote recently that, while the U.S. cares deeply about religious freedom in Nigeria, conditions there do...
Coptic Christians Remember the 21 Martyrs Beheaded by TerroristsFebruary 17, 2022 — 02/17/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On February 15, 2015, twenty Egyptian Coptic Christians and one Ghanian Christian were killed by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State on the beaches...
Fulani Militants Burn Village in NigeriaFebruary 17, 2022 — 02/17/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fulani militants killed one person and burned down more than 45 homes in Zamandabo, a village in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, on Feb....
Heartbreak in Te’egbeFebruary 17, 2022 — 02/17/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Friday, Nov. 26, rumors swirled of an impending Fulani militia attack on the Nigerian Middle Belt village of Te’egbe. Six soldiers guarded...
Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church Dies in DetentionFebruary 16, 2022 — 02/16/2022 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – Abune Antonios, the head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, died on February 9 at the age of 94 after spending the last sixteen years...
Lendu Militants Target Hema Refugees in the DRCFebruary 15, 2022 — 02/15/2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo (International Christian Concern) – On February 1, 2022, fifty individuals were killed and thirty-six injured in a terrorist attack in Savo, Ituri Province of...
