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  Officials in Nigeria deny mass kidnapping at churches

  Suspected Fulani militias in Kaduna state, Nigeria raided three church worship services on Sunday (Jan. 18) in what local leaders said could be the largest mass kidnapping of Christian farmers in the area.

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  Uganda's Museveni wins seventh term amid election concerns as church leaders call for calm

  President Yoweri Museveni secured a seventh term in office following Uganda's general election on Jan. 15, a vote marred by intimidation, military involvement and an internet shutdown that was only lifted after results were announced. The incumbent, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, secured 71.65% of the vote, according to official figures, but turnout hit a decades-low, raising questions about public confidence in the electoral process.

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  ‘Still not enough’: Christian think tank says federal benefit for Canadians with disabilities falls short

  A Christian think tank says Canada’s flagship disability benefit falls far short of lifting people with disabilities out of poverty, warning that the program’s size, eligibility rules and provincial clawbacks risk leaving millions no better off than before. In a report released Jan. 6, Cardus, a nonpartisan research organization based in Ontario, said the Canada Disability Benefit is only a fraction of what is needed to close the poverty gap for Canadians with disabilities.

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  Died: Robert Cunville (1939-2026), Indian evangelist who preached the gospel worldwide

  Robert Rieweh Cunville, the soft-spoken Indian evangelist who proclaimed the gospel to millions across Africa, Asia and Europe and later served as an associate evangelist with Billy Graham, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at a hospital in Shillong. He was 86.

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  Spanish evangelical group calls for prayer following train crash

  A leading evangelical body in Spain has called for prayer and offered public condolences to the victims and families of the recent Adamuz train collision in Córdoba province, Andalusia, which killed 41 people and left hundreds injured, according to current reports.  

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