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  East Africa among four regions severely impacted by climate disasters in 2024 - Christian Aid Report

  Adverse weather conditions over the last six months to June 2024 has led to thousands of deaths and an economic loss of $41 billion, at the very least. This is according to a report by Christian Aid that mapped the impact of extreme weather in four of the most affected regions in the world. 

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  Evangelicals across Africa react to death of Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima

  The tragic news of the death of Malawi’s Vice President, the Right Hon. Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine other officials in a plane crash on Tuesday has reverberated across Africa, drawing heartfelt condolences and prayers from evangelical leaders. President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Tuesday that the wreck of the plane carrying Malawi's vice-president was found with no survivors. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared

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  Islamic extremists kill three Christians in northeast Nigeria

  Suspected Islamic extremist militants on Wednesday (June 5) killed three Christians and kidnapped another after intercepting them on a highway in northeast Nigeria, Christian leaders said.

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  Pastor, wife and three other Christians slain in Nigeria

  Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor, his wife and three other Christians at about midnight on June 2 in Plateau state, central Nigeria, sources said.

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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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