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Ghana church body urges protection of mission schools’ religious identity

The Christian Council of Ghana has called for constitutional reforms to protect the religious identity of mission-founded schools while safeguarding students’ freedom of religion, as debate intensifies over how faith-based institutions should operate with government support.

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Pastors face death threats in refugee camp in South Sudan

Two Sudanese pastors at a refugee camp in South Sudan have been facing death threats since an attack by Muslim extremists earlier this year, sources said.

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Forced conversions, blasphemy law afflict religious minorities in Pakistan

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Rwanda’s church regulations continue to reshape worship two years after mass closures

Rwanda’s sweeping regulation of churches has continued to reshape Christian worship years after thousands of places of worship were closed for failing to meet government requirements, with some congregations moving online while others remain unable to reopen.

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Muslims burn home, shop of Christian in Pakistan

A Muslim mob in Pakistan set fire to a Christian’s house and shop on Friday (Oct. 9) after he was accused of blasphemy, forcing more than 35 Christian families to flee their homes amid fears of further violence, sources said.

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Fulani gunmen kill, kidnap Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria

Fulani assailants on Tuesday (Oct. 6) broke into homes near the capital of Kaduna state and kidnapped five Christians and a 6-month-old baby, sources said.

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Christian woman in Somalia beaten, confined for converting

The Muslim uncle of a 20-year-old woman in Somalia has confined her to his home, where he has beaten her and deprived her of adequate food and water for converting to Christianity, sources said.

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Military in Nigeria detains Christian journalist-rights advocate

A religious freedom advocate and Christian journalist in Nigeria was being held without charges and incommunicado after soldiers arrested him at a military hospital, where relatives attacked by Fulani gunmen were receiving treatment, sources said.

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Six Christians slain over weekend in central Nigeria

Fulani gunmen in Nigeria shot two Christians to death in a village of Bokkos County, Plateau state, on Sunday (Oct. 4) and four others in Riyom County on Saturday, sources said.

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Christian workers abducted in South Sudan are released

Six Christian workers abducted in South Sudan on Sept. 26 were released on Thursday (Oct. 1), sources said.

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