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  Church World Service caught in U.S.–South Africa visa row over Afrikaner refugee resettlement

  Church World Service (CWS) has been drawn into a diplomatic dispute after the U.S. State Department asked South Africa to fast-track visas for 30 Kenyan staffers to help process Afrikaner refugees seeking resettlement in the United States.

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  Global advocates call for release of Eritrean Christian leaders held without charges for two decades

  The Embassy of the State of Eritrea refused to accept a letter advocating for the release of Christian leaders imprisoned in what is often called "the North Korea of Africa" for more than 20 years without charges, as demonstrators worldwide are calling attention to one of the world's worst violators of religious freedom. 

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  Christian voices warn of aid cuts as World Humanitarian Day highlights ‘unsung heroes’

  Christian organizations are using World Humanitarian Day 2025 to warn that deep cuts in global aid budgets threaten the lives of millions, even as local workers continue to serve on the frontlines of crises.

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  Christian mother, baby locked in room in Somalia

  A Christian mother in Somalia has been locked in a room with her infant daughter since Aug. 6 after Muslim relatives relocated her following an earlier escape, sources said.

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  Worldwide campaign set for seven imprisoned Eritrean church leaders

  In the nearly 21 years since two Orthodox priests were arbitrarily imprisoned in Eritrea, their wives have died.

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  Former sheikh beaten, loses family after vision of Christ

  A Muslim who put his faith in Christ after receiving a vision in a mosque in Uganda was hospitalized after relatives beat him, demolished his home and took in his wife and six children, sources said.

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  Group calls for freeing of Christians imprisoned in Libya

  Amnesty International this week called for the "quashing" of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges that included “insulting Islam.”

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