Four northern states in Nigeria close all schools for Ramadan
Christian leaders decried a decision by Muslim governors of four northern states in Nigeria to close all schools for five weeks for Ramadan.
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Transforming one woman at a time with courage to love through action
“Somebody showed me mercy. I want to show mercy to others” is the testimony of Jane Thuo, an enterprising champion of women in Kenya whose ministry Dorcas Creation has so far helped 4,000 women transform their lives through growing in their faith and marketable skills. Be inspired by Jane's story.
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How should we understand the Nigerian crisis?
Misrepresenting or politicizing the security problem in Nigeria will not help us move toward a solution. Unbalanced, sensationalist narratives can do a lot of damage, our brothers and sisters in Nigerian churches deserve better.
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Early Christmas gift for some Nigerian families of abducted children
Families in Nigeria were given an early Christmas gift this week as 130 children and teachers kidnapped a month ago from a Catholic school were released on Sunday, according to government and church officials. International Christian Concern here summarize the situation.
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We must create true companionship for our children in an artificial age
Gone are the days of searching for true wisdom or sidling up to a parent to ask for help. Teens may now inhabit a world where feeling is primary and where, in times of difficulty, they can simply create the remedy with the assistance of artificial companions. If parents do not counteract this, the consequences will be severe.
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Priest kidnapped and slain in Kaduna state, Nigeria
A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night (March 4) in Kaduna state, Nigeria where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist terrorists have been active, and his corpse was found the next day, sources said.
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From food aid to food security: How reclaiming the Sahel desert is greening Niger and enhancing livelihoods
By Ken KagichaA groundbreaking regeneration project in Niger, West Africa has proved successful in reclaiming land from the harsh Sahara desert turning it into lush arable land, feeding half a million people who had depended on food aid for years.
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Christian stabbed in attack on evangelists in Uganda
Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said.
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Humanitarian leader Baroness Cox announces Alzheimer’s diagnosis, HART charity vows to 'carry forward her inspirational vision'
By Chris EyteBaroness Caroline Cox, a globally recognized advocate for humanitarian causes who has championed Christians facing poverty and persecution, sometimes risking her own life, has announced she has Alzheimer’s disease.
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The Afrogiveness Movement: helping victims in Central and West Africa find healing through forgiveness and art
By Ken KagichaA trauma and counselling programme in Cameroon has integrated forgiveness and art to restore lives of traumatized internally displaced people and other survivors of conflict in Central and West Africa including Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict that broke out in 2018.
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70 Christians beheaded in DRC church attack: 'Grim tapestry of violence'
Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by suspected Allied Democratic Forces terrorists.
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Nazareth Village brings Bible to life in Jesus’ hometown, looks ahead to expansion
On a hillside overlooking modern Nazareth, visitors step away from traffic and apartment blocks and into a re-created agricultural landscape shaped by stone terraces, vineyards and olive trees — a setting designed to reflect daily life in Galilee two millennia ago.
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