Officials Reinstate Christian Nurses(Compass) - Nigerian officials have reinstated 11 Christian nurses at the Federal Medical Center in Azare, a town in the northern state of Bauchi, more than two years after they…
Three Jailed Eritrean Pastors Disappear(Compass) - Relatives of three Eritrean pastors jailed since May discovered yesterday that the prominent evangelicals have been transferred from their police station cells in the capital of Asmara to…
World Faces Another Humanitarian Crisis(The Japan Times) - While politicians and diplomats discuss what to do, many people of Sudan's Darfur region have been forced from their homes, terrorized, tortured and murdered by members…
Muslims in Nigerian Protest Christian Evangelistic Crusade(Compass) - Muslim fundamentalists in the city of Ilorin in the central state of Kwara, Nigeria, are threatening to break up a Christian evangelistic crusade planned by well-know German preacher…
Killings Continue Unabated in Plateau State(Compass) - The religious crisis that has engulfed the central Nigerian state of Plateau has claimed an estimated 10,000 lives in three years and destroyed property worth millions of dollars…
I Will Not Shut Up, Says Archbishop Pius Ncube( Zimbabwe Standard) - Archbishop Pius Ncube, the controversial head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo, says he will not keep quiet as long as President Mugabe's government and…
Khartoums Responsibility for Mass Executions(ANS) - As the UN Security Council and political leadership continue to prove wholly inadequate to the crisis in Darfur, as humanitarian capacity slips further behind rapidly expanding humanitarian need,…
Eritrean Police Halt Christian Wedding(Compass) - Police disrupted a Christian marriage ceremony in the Eritrean town of Senafe on Sunday, July 25, and arrested 30 guests and members of the wedding party. Charging in…
Eritrean Pastors Still Jailed without Charges(Compass) - Nine weeks after Eritrean police arrested three prominent Protestant pastors, the Asmara government continues to detain them and refuses families and church members any direct access to the…
EU to Threaten Sudan with Sanctions(AP) - The European Union joined the United States on Monday in pushing for "imminent" U.N. sanctions against Sudan if it does not end the conflict in its western Darfur…
Hundreds of Christians Slaughtered in Akobo(ANS) - The Persecution Project announced today the release of a partial list detailing the names and ages of 222 Christians who were among 234 civilians killed during Government of…
Blair Draws up Plans to Send Troops to Sudan(The Guardian) - Tony Blair has asked Downing Street and Foreign Office officials to draw up plans for possible military intervention in Sudan, where more than a million refugees are…
Congress Declares Sudan Atrocities are ‘Genocide’WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Congress late Thursday night passedresolutions declaring that atrocities that have been unfolding inwestern Sudan are genocide and urged the Bush administration to dothe same. The…
U.S. Congress Declares Genocide in Sudan(Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has passed a resolution declaring that genocide is occurring in Sudan, which backers hope will pressure the international community to take action to protect Africans…
Ties Between Government and Janjaweed Militias Confirmed( Human Rights Watch) Sudan government documents incontrovertibly show that government officials directed recruitment, arming and other support to the ethnic militias known as the Janjaweed, Human Rights Watch…
Pro-government Militias Use Mass Rape Against non-Arabs, says Amnesty International(BBC) - Girls as young as eight and women of 80 have been raped, says the human rights group, which wants an enquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity…