USA
Niamey, Niger — Kevin Rideout, a 48-year-old American Christian missionary pilot, was abducted from his home in Niamey, Niger's capital, on the night of October 22, 2025. Three gunmen raided Rideout's home compound, located approximately 100 yards from Niger's Presidential Palace. Rideout had lived in
USA
Niger, West Africa — Christians in Niger face escalating persecution from Islamic extremist groups operating across the Sahel region, with violence dramatically worsening following the July 2023 military coup that brought General Abdourahamane Tiani to power. The jihadist group al-Sunnah wa Jama'ah (ASWJ), along with Islamic State affiliates including
Celebrity News
Vatican City — Aid to the Church in Need released its 2025 Religious Freedom in the World Report on October 21, 2025, revealing that 5.4 billion people live in countries with serious violations of religious freedom. The report indicates that 340 million Christians worldwide are currently facing high levels of
Orthodox News
Assiut, Egypt — An 18-year-old middle-class Coptic Christian woman disappeared on June 1 after going to school, caught in what Coptic Solidarity describes as a sophisticated Islamist trafficking network using social media to groom and abduct Christian girls. A network of Muslim girls at her school in Assiut Governate had targeted
Africa
Maiduguri, Nigeria - Catherine Ibrahim, a Nigerian Christian woman, has shared her harrowing account of surviving Boko Haram atrocities that claimed her husband's life and left her separated from her children for three years, in an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Catherine described
Orthodox News
Sign the PetitionEND GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS AND INDIGENES OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA.Change.org We have signed this petition and I'm urging every Christian who reads this to do the same. Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria are being systematically slaughtered. This isn't hyperbole. It's
Orthodox News
Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - More than 30 Christians have been beheaded by Islamic State terrorists in Mozambique's northern provinces, according to reports from the Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) itself, which documented the atrocities in a propaganda release. The Islamic State Mozambique Province announced it destroyed at least
Orthodox News
Cairo, Egypt - Dr. Augustine Samaan (also known as Dr. Agustinos Sam'am), a Christian apologist and theologian, was detained by Egyptian authorities in early October 2024 on charges of "defaming Islam." He remains in custody as of mid-October, with his detention extended for additional 15-day periods
Catholic News
Rebrenya explains how Islamists have slaughtered over 50 in a single day last December and how they have brutally murdered 7 of his brothers and destroyed his village. 0:00 /1:25 1× Nigerian Christians face systematic slaughter in what has become the deadliest place on Earth to follow Jesus
Orthodox News
A heartbreaking and chilling report has emerged from Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where armed bandits launched coordinated attacks on Thursday evening. A resident of Birnin Gwari town, the local government headquarters, confirmed the incident, describing it as a well-coordinated assault by the attackers. According to one
Orthodox News
Nigeria - More than 7,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria during the first 220 days of 2025, an average of 35 deaths per day, according to a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), a Nigeria-based human rights organization. The report, released
Protestant News
Washington D.C., United States - US Senator Ted Cruz has renewed his call for legislative action against Nigerian officials accused of involvement in religious persecution, announcing plans to advance his Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act. In a statement posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Senator Cruz wrote,