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Thursday, 01 June 2017 23:47
Egypt: Christians on pilgrimage killed
Just hours before the beginning of Ramadan, masked gunmen riding three SUVs killed 29 and wounded 22 Coptic Christians on pilgrimage to a monastery in Upper Egypt. Most were children. This was the fourth attack on…
Thursday, 01 June 2017 23:43
Libya: violence and persecution
Recent fighting between rival militias in Tripoli shattered a period of calm. Egyptian planes are now striking east Libya in response to an attack against Egyptian Christians on 29 May (see the previous article). There are…
Thursday, 01 June 2017 23:40
Morocco: SAT-7, the cry of a generation
With an average age of 29, Morocco has a young population. But, as in neighbouring North African countries, their horizons are limited. Some 22% of young men and 38% of young women are unemployed (as at…
Thursday, 01 June 2017 23:32
Escalating violence in the Philippines
The Maute group, an Islamic extremist group linked to IS, captured nine Christians, tied their hands together and shot them dead in Marawi city, according to the Mail Online. Images circulated online show the Christians lying…
Friday, 26 May 2017 11:29
Afghanistan: warlord joins the government
A missionary writes, ‘Thank you for praying for our recent International Board meeting (see ). Board members and country directors are freshly united in our vision to see unreached people groups reached with the Good News.…
Friday, 26 May 2017 11:18
Egypt: Jesus and tourism
Egypt’s tourism minister recently met Vatican tourism officials in Rome, to discuss the idea of expanding the country’s religious tourism map by adding the route that Jesus, Mary and Joseph are believed to have used when…