Ugandan religious leaders are urging calm as the country prepares for elections on Jan. 15, following a nationwide internet shutdown that has cut major communications networks. Authorities blocked internet access on Jan. 13, just days before President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, seeks his seventh term in office.
Across Africa, millions of children are growing up in rapidly changing communities filled with tremendous opportunities and significant challenges. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to reach the next generation with the gospel.
In many communities, loss, poverty, illness, and social rejection still live quietly inside ordinary homes. Rwanda knows what it means to rebuild while still carrying deep scars and results from the ministry of Love to Help Organization is testament to the resilience of vulnerable Rwandan women and children facing dire circumstances.
In South Africa today, scriptural injunctions about welcoming the foreigner confront a present crisis: the persistent reality of xenophobia. On both sides of the issue are strong feelings that have led to violence. But violence will not lead to a better future for all. It requires leadership that affirms human dignity, values that are embodied in Christ.
It may not be every migrant's story, but when a person feels often enough that they do not fully belong they instinctively look for somewhere they do. This relates as much to churches as it does to host societies in general. But churches should be different. Biblically faithful theology demands it of it. Here is advice for pastors who desire to mature their congregants into the full stature of Christ.
Five Muslims wielding sharp objects attacked a pastor in eastern Uganda on Dec. 21, seriously injuring him, sources said.
A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone strike on Dec. 25 killed at least 11 Christians on their way to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state, Sudan, sources said.
As global Christianity continues to shift toward the Global South and new voices reshape the conversation, Christian Daily International closed 2025 with expanded international coverage, a growing editorial team and increased recognition across Christian and secular media — while setting its sights on further growth in the year ahead.
Christian leaders across Africa are urging governments to step up and fill the healthcare funding gap left by the suspension of USAID programs, warning that millions of lives hang in the balance.
Muslim extremists in Uganda killed an evangelist after a public Christian-Muslim dialogue on Dec. 12, sources said.
Tens of thousands of Congolese civilians have crossed into Burundi in recent weeks, fleeing a violent offensive by M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has overwhelmed border communities and prompted churches to appeal for urgent international support.
Christians from churches across Argentina will march through central Buenos Aires on Monday, Aug. 17, joining a public day of prayer, worship and proclamation called "March for Jesus."
