10 Civilians Murdered, Including a Pastor, in Recent ADF AttackOctober 7, 2022 — 10/07/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - According to a report by French media outlet AFP, 10 civilians were killed in an attack on the village of Vido in North Kivu,...
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Two Christian Business OwnersOctober 5, 2022 — 10/06/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On September 24, two militants suspected to belong to the terror group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) shot and killed two Christians in...
Jihadism Still Rising in Burkina Faso as Evidenced by Latest AttackOctober 4, 2022 — 10/04/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) - On Monday, September 26, armed fighters attacked a military-escorted convoy of 150 vehicles. The convoy was headed to a town in the north...
Fourteen Murdered in ADF AttackOctober 3, 2022 — 10/03/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - On Saturday, October 1, militants belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an ISIS-affiliated extremist group operating in parts of Uganda and the Congo,...
21 Killed In Latest Attack by Al-ShabaabAugust 29, 2022 — 08/29/2022 Somalia (International Christian Concern) - Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based Islamic jihadist group, besieged a hotel in Mogadishu on Friday, August 19. Following 30 hours of violence, including gunfights with police and...
ICC Helps Cover Medical Costs for Gunshot Victim in NigeriaAugust 26, 2022 — 08/26/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On August 28, 2021, radicalized Islamic Fulani militants killed Christian Melody Peter’s husband and two children, one of whom was pregnant, in an attack...
Cardinal Addresses Assembly of Christians, Calls for PeaceAugust 23, 2022 — 08/23/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) - Burkina Faso, a west African nation, has been struggling with a rise in jihadist activity over the last five years. Bloody attacks by...
Four Nuns Kidnapped in Southern NigeriaAugust 22, 2022 — 08/22/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Yesterday, four nuns were abducted while traveling on a highway in southeast Nigeria. The sisters were on their way to Sunday mass when a...
Human Rights Reporter Arrested in NigeriaAugust 20, 2022 — 08/20/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Luka Binniyat, a Nigerian Christian human rights reporter, has been arrested for writing an article criticizing the Nigerian government for not stepping up to...
15 Soldiers Killed by Twin Blasts in Burkina FasoAugust 13, 2022 — 08/13/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – ICC has previously reported on the rise in jihadist violence occurring across Burkina Faso and Africa’s Sahel region. The violence continued in an...
15 Soldiers Killed by Insurgents in South SudanAugust 7, 2022 — 08/07/2022 South Sudan (International Christian Concern) - On July 26, in South Sudan’s northern Unity state, approximately 15 soldiers were killed by insurgents. Authorities reported that the soldiers were attacked...
Pope Francis Delays Visit to South Sudan and the DRCAugust 6, 2022 — 08/06/2022 South Sudan and the DRC (International Christian Concern) - Pope Francis was scheduled to visit South Sudan and the DRC in early July but delayed the visit due to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
