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  Two church leaders abducted in Sudan are freed

  Two church leaders abducted in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains have been released, local sources said.

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  Three Christians killed in Plateau state, Nigeria

  A Christian on his way to a Sunday morning worship service was shot and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Aug. 9) in Fann village, Barkin Ladi County, Plateau state in central Nigeria.

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  Archbishop of Canterbury promises remedial ‘action’ on historic slave trade on castle visit

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has promised “action” in redressing the evils of the historic transatlantic slave trade. 

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  Another church leader abducted in Sudan

  Following attacks on clergy in Sudan’s South Kordofan state last month, another church leader in Heiban town was abducted last week, according to sources.

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  Prepare before the El Niño floods, not during, Compassion International tells African churches

  Compassion International is urging African Churches to prepare adequately for what weather experts say will be one of the strongest El Niño events expected to take place from October 2026. Faith Magadi, the organization’s Senior Manager for Disaster Response, told Christian Daily International that churches need to build relationships with the police, local administrators, and emergency agencies before the onset of El Niño and not in the middle of one.

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  Oppressed Christians in Algeria go underground

  Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said.

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  Nigeria governor supports mass wedding for 300 Muslim and Christian couples to help overcome financial burdens

  Three hundred couples in Nigeria's Kebbi State were married this week in a government-sponsored mass wedding that included both Muslim and Christian couples.

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