sub saharan africa
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Will you stand with your brothers and ...
Will you stand with your brothers and sisters in the DRC as we pray with them? Pray for the families and communities left behind by those who were killed in the massacre. Ask God to be near to them and bind up their wounds. Ask God for an end to the violence in the DRC. It has become so... -
Persecuted Christians - Burkina Faso and Tunisia - prayer requests from an Open Doors email
Christians in Burkina Faso face 'existential threat' amid second coup this year It was not so long ago that Burkina Faso was known as a beacon of cross-religious harmony, but this is increasingly jeapordised as Islamic extremists take advantage of political instability and wage a... -
Persecuted Christians - Brutal murder of female student in Nigeria - please pray this is heart-breaking for her poor parents and scary for Christians
We have some tragic news from North-Eastern Nigeria today. On May 12, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a young student at Shehu Shagari College of Education, was killed in a violent attack. While our college years are a time when opinions should be valued, it was Deborah's opinion that resulted in her... -
Persecuted Christians - anti-Christian sentiment brings arrests, attacks
Friends, one of the difficult realities for persecuted Christians is that even when a situation seems to be improving, daily life can still be dangerous. It's why long-term care and continued prayer support is so important. We got a prayer request this week from Sudan that shows how much your... -
persecuted Christians - Kenya
Christians living in and around the city of Mandera, Kenya are on high alert - and our field team has asked for prayer. The area - near the border with Somalia - is the scene of almost daily attacks by al-Shabab terrorists. The incidents have left many people dead, abducted or injured... -
persecuted Christians - fleeing from Islamic violence please pray - Mozambique
There is a grave concern for the safety of tens of thousands of refugees fleeing northern Mozambique in the wake of a brutal March attack by Islamic militants. Armed conflict has been a significant driver of the refugee crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa for the past two years. The country is over... -
persecuted Christians - Mozambique - please pray for the refugee crisis as many flee islamic violence and child kidnapping for slaves soldiers wifes
here is a grave concern for the safety of tens of thousands of refugees fleeing northern Mozambique in the wake of a brutal March attack by Islamic militants. Armed conflict has been a significant driver of the refugee crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa for the past two years. The country is over half...