Ugandan Police ban Evangelistic Meetings
NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) -- Ugandan police have banned evangelistic events in a town in western Uganda after pastors and their converts received death threats.
Ugandan...
The Plight of Iraq’s Displaced Elderly Christians
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) – Displacement by ISIS (Islamic State) has inflicted enormous trauma on Iraq’s ever shrinking Christian community, among them the displaced elderly.
Reconstruction...
Cuban Government Cancels Church Construction Permit
HAVANA, CUBA (ANS) – The Cuban government has cancelled a church construction permit.
Baptist leaders in Cuba are calling on the government to fulfill its...
Muslim Clerics Threaten Sudanese Christian in Egypt
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (ANS) -- Muslim clerics have threatened a Sudanese Christian in Cairo.
Days after the Muslim leaders in Egypt came to his apartment...
Christian Persecution on the Rise
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (ANS) -- While you might have seen a decrease in mainstream media reporting regarding Christian persecution, there has only been...
30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
BEIJING, CHINA (ANS) – Thirty years ago, in June 1989, Chinese army troops brutally suppressed peaceful protests for freedom and democracy, killing and wounding...
Freeing Mideast Women from Ongoing Violent Oppression
MIDDLE EAST (ANS) -- Ongoing discrimination, oppression and violence against women in the Middle East and parts of North Africa, remains pervasive and entrenched.
In...
Government-led oppression in Vietnam
DIEN BIEN PROVINCE, VIETNAM (ANS) -- Government-led oppression in Vietnam has rendered tens of thousands of Hmong Christians stateless, leaving them without household registration.
Government-led...
Islamic State moves into Nigeria, threatens Christians
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA (ANS) – In Nigeria, Christians live under multiple threats from Islamic State which has moved into Nigeria.
The 91 million Nigerian Christians...
Advocates Fear Rwanda-like Genocide in Nigeria
WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) – Advocates fear a Rwanda-like genocide may occur in Nigeria.
Advocates for Christians living in Nigeria fear a Rwanda-like genocide there and have...