Kerry calls for intervention in Sudan

(UPI) - Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry called for an international humanitarian intervention in the Sudan in a speech to the NAACP on Thursday (7/15). Kerry called the…

Darfur Mortality Update

(Eric Reeves) - So high are current mortality rates in Darfur, so great is previous humandestruction, that the current (and static) UN figure of 10,000 deaths forthe entire duration of…

85 Sudanese Boy Slaves Liberated

(CSI) - 85 Black Sudanese boy slaves were freed from Arab masters last month through the mediation of the Arab-Dinka Peace Committee at Warawar, Southern Sudan . The freed slaves…

Church Leaders Skeptical of State of Emergency

(Compass) - Church leaders in the central Nigerian state of Plateau say the imposition of a state of emergency there will not bring an end to fierce religious conflict between…

U.N. Security Council Envoys Travel to West Africa, Seeking Ivory Coast Peace

(AP) - A diplomat leading a visiting U.N. mission said international action was helping bring a "new beginning" to battle-scarred West Africa , as the team began work to salvage…

Man Brutally Murdered for Conversion to Christianity from Mungiki

(ANS) - On Tuesday 8 June, the head of Simon Ndabi Kamore was found wrapped in green plastic on the pavement near the bus stop where he had been preaching…

Religious Violence Plagues Christians and Nigeria

(Compass) - Religious violence continues to plague the central Nigerian state of Plateau, despite the declaration of a state of emergency. Police authorities say Muslims now employ guerilla tactics to…

Bashir Orders Groups to Disarm

(Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has ordered complete mobilization to disarm all illegal armed groups in the western region of Darfur, including the Arab militias who have been harassing…

Sudanese Christian Woman Beaten and Fined Under New Harsh Law

(ANS) - A young Christian woman displaced by decades of war was fined and whipped by police for not wearing a headscarf in public in Khartoum , at a time…

Nigerian Town Riots on Anniversary of Preachers Murder

(Compass) - Violence broke out between Muslims and Christians in the town of Numan , Nigeria , on June 8, resulting in the deaths of at least nine people. Places…

Priest Stabbed to Death

(ANS) - At around 4am on Monday 7 June, unidentified gunmen entered the town of Gohitafla, a frontline town in divided Cote dIvoire (CI) that lies on the south end…

Three Prominent Pastors Jailed

(Compass) - Eritrean police have jailed three prominent pastors and a popular Christian singer over the past three weeks, escalating a two-year government crackdown against the countrys evangelical Christians. Haile…

Three Pastors and Christian Musician Arrested

Sen. Brownback Applauds Peace Protocols

( ICC) - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today commented on the historic peace protocols signed in the Sudan this week. The Sudanese government and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement signed…

Historic Peace Accords Signed

( ICC) - An historic peace accord was signed on weds. between the Arab north Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Christian Black South Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). It…

Govt. Ransacks Episcopal Property

(Sudan Institute on Religion and Democracy) - Sudanese Govt. Ransacks Episcopal Cathedral Property in Khartoum-Demonstration Called For The Sudanese Govt. evicted Episcopal personnel from their provincial office at the Episcopal…