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  Priest kidnapped in Kaduna state, Nigeria

  Armed “Muslim bandits” abducted a Roman Catholic Church priest in the early hours of Sunday (June 9), in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said.

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  Christians in Egypt held without trial for more than two years

  A Christian refugee in Egypt arrested for his faith and imprisoned alongside Islamist criminals has been denied medical care for heart and liver ailments despite complaining of chest pains as recently as April, sources said.

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  Nigeria on lockdown as workers shut down airport, power grid amid economic hardship

  Nigeria is currently on a lockdown as workers in both public and private sectors embarked on indefinite industrial strike nationwide on Monday, 3 June, 2024, in order to demand for increased wages due to soaring inflation in the country’s economy. Airports, seaports, hospitals, schools, colleges, and most industries in the country have all been shut, leading to a critical situation in all sectors of the nation’s economy.

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  Growing jihadist insurgence in Mozambique puts Christians at risk

  Jihadist insurgents in Mozambique are targeting Christians as they ramp up attacks in the country’s northern-most province, just as neighboring countries are planning to withdraw troops helping government forces to fight them.

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  Hardline Muslims beat Christians unconscious in Uganda

  Two evangelists are still receiving hospital treatment two weeks after hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda beat them unconscious for proclaiming Christ, sources said.

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  The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa urges citizens to keep leaders accountable regardless of who wins election

  South Africa holds its local and national elections today in what will likely be the toughest election for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party that has been in power since the end of apartheid thirty years ago.

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  Christian convert in Somalia wounded, loses family

  A Muslim in Somalia was seriously wounded for putting his faith in Christ this month and lost his wife and five children, sources said.

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