Persecution
The Christian village of Ngbra Zongo in Kwall District, Bassa County, Plateau State, Nigeria was attacked by armed Fulani militias just past midnight on 8 May 2026. Eleven Christians were killed. Ten more were wounded by gunfire and machetes. Among the dead were pregnant women, children...
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Fulani gunmen have murdered 13 Christians in Ngbra Zongo community, Kwall District, Bassa County, Plateau State, Nigeria on 8 May 2026. Three of the dead were pregnant women. Dozens more Christians were injured and hundreds displaced.
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide has launched a petition demanding the Colombian government restore special protection for religious leaders after at least 11 pastors and Christian leaders were murdered, disappeared, or kidnapped since December 2024.
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Islamic State linked militants have torched the historic St Louis de Montfort parish in Minhoene village, Cabo Delgado Province, northern Mozambique on 30 April 2026. Founded in 1946, the church was burned, its kindergarten damaged, and the priests' residence destroyed by fighters known...
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Fulani militia gunmen stormed a Police Mobile Force camp in Tenebo, Kaiama County, Kwara State at approximately 3 a.m. on 2 May 2026, killing three officers and wounding two more. The attack is part of a steadily escalating pattern of pre dawn raids targeting Nigerian security positions...
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Indonesian local authorities have halted the construction of a Christian prayer house in Kappuna village, North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, after Muslim residents protested with banners declaring:
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A heavily pregnant Christian mother named Blessing went into premature labour on the floor of a church in Plateau State, Nigeria, while gunmen on motorbikes massacred her village outside. 52 people were killed in the attack on 6 May 2026.
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Syria, where the Apostle Paul was struck blind on the Damascus road and where Christianity took root 2,000 years ago, has seen its Christian population collapse from 1.5 to 2 million pre 2011 to roughly 300,000 today. Open Doors has just elevated Syria from 18th to 6th on its World Watch...
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The reporting team at Truth Nigeria, the small but courageous outlet documenting Christian persecution in the Middle Belt, was forced to flee on foot for over 5 kilometres after Fulani militia gunmen opened fire on a mass burial of 500 mourners in Nding Sesut village, 20 miles south of...
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Three years after the eruption of religious violence in Manipur, India, the staggering toll on Christian communities is now beyond denial. Over 300 church buildings destroyed across 15 denominations. More than 260 dead. 58,881 people remain in 174 relief camps. 7,894 homes completely...
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Russia has bombed the Transfiguration of the Lord Pentecostal Church in Sloviansk, Ukraine for the second time, this time with a guided glide bomb believed to be a KAB 500S E carrying up to 1,500 kilograms of explosives. The blast on 25 April 2026 at 6 a.m. collapsed half the roof...
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The Council of Europe stands accused of systematic neglect of Christian persecution after refusing to recognise anti Christian prejudice in its protective frameworks. The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in...