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BENIN: Shaman Regularly Interrupts Church Services
Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, and witchcraft is deeply ingrained in local culture. Many Beninese view Christianity as a threat to...
VOM South Africa
Jan 3, 2023


MOZAMBIQUE: Christians Attacked in Nampula
Attacks by militant Islamic extremists continue in northern Mozambique. On 6 September 2022, militants attacked two districts in Nampula...
VOM South Africa
Jan 3, 2023


TURKEY: 16-Year-Old Beaten for Wearing a Cross
Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees in the world, around 4 million, mainly from Syria and also from Iraq and Iran. Numerous...
VOM South Africa
Jan 3, 2023


NIGERIA: Trauma Ministry Impacts Widows
Front-Line Workers are providing trauma services in regions of Africa where militant Islamists regularly attack Christians. According to...
VOM South Africa
Jan 3, 2023


KENYA: Congregation Moving from Police Station to New Building
Christians in a northern Kenyan village are rejoicing as they begin construction on a new church. In this area, death threats and...
VOM South Africa
Dec 6, 2022


LEBANON: Church Planter Questioned by Authorities
More than one million refugees have flooded into Lebanon because of the civil war raging in neighbouring Syria. Pastor Bassam recently...
VOM South Africa
Dec 6, 2022


COTE D'IVOIRE: Christians Stripped, Churches Destroyed
Followers of local animist traditions in the village of Grahipla had planned an initiation ceremony on Sunday, 31 July 2022 and told...
VOM South Africa
Dec 6, 2022


NIGERIA: Pastor Martyred by Islamists
In recent years, Fulani militants have been attacking Christian areas of northern Nigeria, regularly kidnapping, injuring, and killing...
VOM South Africa
Dec 6, 2022


NEPAL: Believing Wife Beaten, Burned for Church Attendance
Gita has believed in Jesus since she was 11, but her parents gave her in marriage to a Hindu man 20 years her senior. She is an active...
VOM South Africa
Dec 6, 2022


LAOS: Sister Flees, Finds Refuge and Hope
When 18-year-old Rung and her brother left their village to find work, they were employed by a Christian family whose example won Rung...
VOM South Africa
Dec 6, 2022
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