PA: Worldwide
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 12:59
Egypt: Call for prayer as elections loom
Release International has called for a month of prayer for Christians in nations caught up in the Arab Spring - especially in Egypt where persecution looks set to grow after the presidential elections and Christians brace…
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 12:58
Kenya: Grenade Attack on Church
On Sunday a grenade explosion killed 27-year-old university student Kelvin Walumba at God’s House of Miracles International Church in Nairobi. Sixteen people were also injured. Islamic extremists from al Shabaab rebels in Somalia have embarked on…
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 12:57
China: Support for Chen Guangcheng
An open letter from Women's Rights Without Frontiers has been sent to President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and Ambassador Locke, on Behalf of Chen Guangcheng stating, ‘The American people and the people of the world…
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 12:55
Iran: IMF Pressured to Suspend Accounts
A New York-based advocacy group that has pressured companies and organizations to halt business with Iran because of its disputed nuclear program is urging the International Monetary Fund to close its account at Iran’s central bank…
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 12:54
Nigeria: Help needed to fight militants
Chad's leader has called for the urgent creation of a regional force to tackle Nigerian Boko Haram militants. The Islamist group operates in northern Nigeria, but President Idriss Deby said it was posing a threat to…
Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:21
Sudan: Christians request our prayers
On 21st April the Anglican Church in Sawafi was attacked by a mob, provoked by a radical Imam. Security forces stopped the mob, then some found an alternate route and ransacked and burnt down the building.…