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A series of attacks over the course of September has caused upheaval for Christians in Cabo Delgado and neigbouring northern provinces. At the beginning of the month, insurgents burned down a church building along with a police station and a government building. This incident in Niassa Province, was followed three days later by the capturing […]
The persecution of Christians in Sudan has been highlighted in a report submitted to the Human Rights Council. Assessed every four years for the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), civil society groups and organisations invited to provide input..
Military activity persists in South Sudan, despite repeated attempts at peace agreements and ceasefires. Decades of conflict among government forces and opposition factions, spillover from the civil war in neighboring Sudan , and the negative effects of climate change have.
Over the past three years, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has made a series of decisions and pronouncements focused on preventing and combating terrorism and violent extremism in Africa. Meetings held on 23 October.
Stories of Faith
News about insurgency attacks in Mozambique continues to make headlines, but for Ernesto*, these aren’t merely accounts he can identify with from a distance. They are instead reminders of his own horrific experience at the hands of Al-Shabaab. It’s been nearly eight years since his life was irrevocably affected, and Ernesto recalls with clarity the […]
The Arise Africa Campaign
Join the global campaign to stop violence and persecution in Sub Saharan Africa.
Violent persecution continues to rage in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Right now, an estimated 16.2 million* SSA Christians are displaced by targeted violence and conflict.
Churches in Sub-Saharan Africa are calling upon the body of Christ around the world to stand with them, as one, to stop the violence.
It is time to break the silence and start the healing.
*World Watch List 2024
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