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Burkina Faso, Churches, Djibo, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Sahel, Terrorism, West Africa

Burkina Faso: Fulani pastor brings hope to stigmatised communities

The disproportionate presence of ethnic Fulani among Islamist militants wreaking havoc in the Sahel and West Africa has led to a stigmatisation of the Fulani generally, . . . Read More

Beatrice Stockli settled in Timbuktu in 2000 and was first kidnapped for 10 days in 2012

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Beatrice Stockli, Burkina Faso, Gloria Argoti, Islamic extremism, Jeff Woodke, Ken Elliott, Kidnapping, Niger

Swiss woman, hostage almost 5 years, killed by Islamist extremists in Mali

A Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockli – kidnapped from Timbuktu in northern Mali in January 2016 – was killed only weeks before other hostages were freed by . . . Read More

Italian priest Pier Luigi Maccalli, freed in Mali, worked in SW Niger till his kidnap in Sep, 2018

Catholics, hostage, Islamic extremism, Italian, Kidnapping, Mali, priest

Priest, held by Islamist extremists for two years, freed in Mali

An Italian priest abducted two years ago in Niger, close to the border with Burkina Faso, is among four hostages held by Islamist extremists who’ve been . . . Read More

If they're not Lutheran, evangelical women in Eritrea have to pray together in secret. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Churches, Human rights, Pentecostals, Religious freedom, UN

Eritrean evangelical Christians freed on bail due to COVID-19

The Eritrean government has released on bail more than 20 prisoners who’d been in detention for years because of their faith, the BBC reports. It says . . . Read More

Boko Haram, Churches, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, UN

“Why don’t these black lives matter?”

The question of the UK’s Lord Alton on a new UN Day recognised for only the second . . . Read More

Apostasy, Blasphemy, Converts, Human rights, Minorities, Religious freedom, Sharia, Women

NGOs say changes to Sudan’s Islamic laws don’t go far enough

Despite the abolition in July 2020 of Sudan’s apostasy law (under which the case of Christian doctor Mariam Ibraheem, sentenced to hang in 2014, became global . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

‘Bring back our 112 Chibok girls – now and alive!’ Demands for closure and disclosure 7 years on

Malaysian woman wins 13 year fight for right to call God ‘Allah’

Freed on bail after 4 years in jail; no evidence Pakistani ‘liked’ blasphemy Facebook post, aged 16

COVID-19 exacerbates discrimination against minority Christians globally

Church surveillance, COVID-19 controls affect China’s Christians – 1 of 5 global trends

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