At least 10 people were murdered and 30 kidnapped, including religious leaders, during several Sunday morning worship services, in just 2 weeks.

The Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa finds that Christians were the largest group of victims, with over 16,700 deaths.

“As churches, we mourn with the families and pray for them”, said German Christian leaders. The murder of 3 people has added fuel to the political fight over migration.

Residents said herdsmen also attacked other predominantly Christian villages in the Ukum area in the past three months

Many in the country express grief after Natalie Lloyd, Davy Lloyd and Jude Montis were murdered by gang members as they were returning from church.

The widow said her husband’s employers tortured him because they wrongly suspected he had stolen goats from their farm. He died 10 days later.

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They were slain in a highway ambush by Fulani terrorists. Dozens of other Christians were wounded in the attack.

Most took place at Islamic environments by members of the own family. “It is the most despicable expression of gender-based violence”, says the minister of Justice.

In Plateau alone, where the latest massacre took place, at least 315 Christians have been killed and 80,000 displaced since April 2023. The Christian Association of Nigeria organised a demonstration.

Armed groups attacked around 20 small villages in Plateau state in 2 days. Christian leaders urge authorities to take action to prevent future threats.

“This is the third attack on our community. Please pray for us”, say evangelicals in the area.

“Our evangelist was killed because of his passion for preaching the good news of Jesus Christ, especially to Muslims”, said the pastor of Bere’s church in Uganda.

Extortion and violence are on the rise, especially in Port-au-Prince, which is suffering a gang war. Christians from several churches and ministries ask for prayer and help.

Christian leaders in Nigeria believe herdsmen attacks on Christian communities are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians’ lands and impose Islam.

The state has been severely hit lately by Fulani herdsmen, who also killed 46 Christians last June.

Town halls, schools and public transports are attacked in the second night of riots. Over 150 have been detained as Macron calls to “reverence and calm”.

As the leader of the self-proclaimed Good News International Church movement goes on trial, the national Evangelical Alliance condemns the tragedy and calls for legal action.

“Since December 2022, they started threatening to kill us if we continued missing attending the mosque”, said the pastor’s wife.

A teenage student stabbed the woman with a knife. Authorities have not yet reported about the motivation for the attack.

He helped a pastor begin Christian-Muslim debates in mid-2021, and in one year over 100 Muslims put their faith in Christ.

Fulani extremists attacked several towns, burning more than 100 houses. 53 Christians were kidnapped and are still held captive.

When the five evangelical church planters refused to renounce Christ, Muslim extremists seized them and let them drown in central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga.

The church of the pastor was destroyed by fire. A delegation of French evangelicals was visiting the country to discuss the application of the ‘separatism law’ in the overseas region.

Assailants left a note on his body stating that they were Maoists who had killed the pastor for being a “police informer”.