
NIGER: Priest rejoices as new video shows kidnapped brother still alive
A missionary priest has expressed his “joy” and “surprise” after a video was released showing that his…

CAMEROON: The new frontier for Boko Haram attacks
• Terror group ‘is like the beast of the Apocalypse’…

NIGERIA: Government are Islamic fundamentalists without bombs, says bishop
The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop…

NIGER: The brother of a priest abducted a year ago still hopes for his return
ONE year after the abduction of Italian priest Father Pierluigi Macalli in Niger, his brother Father Walter…

BURKINA FASO: Christian villagers systematically attacked, expelled and exterminated
Christians in northern Burkina Faso have been given violent ultimatums by Islamist extremists to flee their villages…

BURKINA FASO: Stop support for jihadists – says bishop
A bishop in Burkina Faso has called on the international community to stop the flow of weapons…

ETHIOPIA: Islamists bribing Christians to convert
Young Christians in Ethiopia are being lured to convert to Islam by promises of jobs, education, help…

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Reaching out in faith within the rain forests
A Catholic charity’s fact-finding and project-assessment trip to a remote corner of Africa – the first of…

DRC: “Our sufferings serve material interests of other nations”
The international community is profiting from a humanitarian crisis sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according…

INTERNATIONAL: World community looks on while Christian persecution worsens
The persecution of Christians is worse than at any time in history – but it is being…