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  Displaced Christians in Sudan sentenced to prison

  A court in Sudan has sentenced seven Christians to prison terms of five and seven years on false charges of theft, sources said.

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  Authorities in Sudan arrest, torture seven displaced Christians

  Intelligence agents of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Jan. 14 arrested and tortured at least seven Christians in Shendi, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Khartoum, sources said.

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  Apple faces investigation over use of conflict minerals in DR Congo

  Technology giant Apple Inc. is under investigation for allegedly using minerals sourced from conflict-hit zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to lawyers representing the central African country. The DRC alleges that Apple’s subsidiaries and supply partners used minerals from mines controlled by armed rebel groups in Eastern Congo, where a variety of atrocities have been reported.

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  WATCH: Nigerian worship leader Pastor Nathaniel Bassey ministers at Trump’s Inaugural Prayer Breakfast

  Nigerian gospel minister Nathaniel Bassey was one of the invited guests who performed at President Donald Trump’s inaugural prayer breakfast on January 20, 2025. Referencing Psalm 24:1, Bassey said “America is the Lord’s and the fullness of” before breaking into worship songs with his signature trumpet. Bassey was joined on stage by Reverend Merrie Turner, the host of the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast as they sang “Glory glory hallelujah” together. 

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  Christian in Sudan loses wife, home for converting

  The Muslim family of a young man in Sudan’s Darfur Region has disowned him and compelled his wife to divorce him because he converted to Christianity, an area source said.

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  Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty: A life-line for 62 people on death row

  The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024) effectively removing the death penalty sentence in the penal code. Although the Southern Africa country has not carried out death sentences for nearly two decades, 62 people who had been sentenced to death will be resentenced or have their death sentences commuted.

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  Authorities in Sudan ban Christmas service

  Authorities prevented Christians internally displaced by war in Sudan from celebrating Christmas in a park where they had taken refuge, sources said.

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