Sudan Christians Urge Prayers Amid Widespread Killings

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ap-lra-josephine-near-the-border-with-sudan-eng-210-9feb091KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Sudanese Christians have urged fellow believers around the world to pray for them as armed groups are kidnapping and killing church leaders and other Christians, an advocacy group with close knowledge about the situation told BosNewsLife Tuesday , September 15.

NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Militants Attack Churches Killing At Least Nine Christians

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with BosNewsLife's Paul Jongas Nigerian_Nigeria_army_soldiers_news_01December2008_003 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have opened fire on an evangelical church service in a remote village in northeastern Nigeria, killing nine people, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, June 3.

NEWS ALERT: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Christians Face Expulsion From Sudan

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of thousands of Southern Sudanese Christians are "effectively being forced to leave" Sudan within three weeks having been stripped of their citizenship, a Christian aid workers confirmed Wednesday, March 21.  

Militants Threaten To Kill More Christians In Kenya After Bloodshed

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service kenyaNAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Several Christians were killed near Kenya's violence-plagued coast and leaflets were distributed by suspected Islamic militants Wednesday, July 9, threatening to kill more Christians, residents said.

BREAKING NEWS: Christians Egypt, Libya Fear Attacks As Film Protests Kill US Ambassador

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos and reports from the region TRIPOLI/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Egypt and Libya faced potential violence Wednesday, September 12, after American Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three staff members were killed when gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to protest a film deemed offensive to Islam.

Sudan Christians Flee Bloodshed; Attacks Continue

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Sudan were among thousands of refugees Wednesday, May 25, amid several attacks against them and fears of a new civil war between the Arab-dominated north and the Christian-animist south, which voted overwhelmingly to secede in a January referendum.

NEWS ALERT: Bombs Rock Nigeria Christian Area; 25 Killed

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service kanobusABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions that rocked a bus station in the Christian neighborhood of Nigeria's northern city of Kano.

BREAKING NEWS: 13 Crushed To Death At Evangelism Vigil In Angola

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Paul Jongas in Africa and Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center angola LUANDA/ABIDJAN (BosNewsLife)-- Up to 13 people were crushed to death and some 120 injured as they tried to enter an overcrowded stadium for an evangelism gathering of a Pentecostal church in Angola's capital Luanda, officials confirmed late Tuesday, January 1.

BREAKING NEWS: Zimbabwe’s Hungry Christians In Crossfire After Military ‘Coup’

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HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BosNewsLife)-- Aid workers expressed alarm Friday, November 17, about the plight of "hungry Christians" in Zimbabwe after the military staged a takeover amid growing pressure on President Robert Mugabe to resign.

Activists Condemn Jail Term For Egypt Christians

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service egypt-200x0-199x3002CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists have condemned the sentencing of two Coptic Christians to three years imprisonment for "seizing" a soldier's rifle during a deadly October 2011 crackdown on Coptic protesters in Egypt.