The Eritrean government is being urged to grant full religious freedom after 20 years of state persecution that has seen churches closed and Christians imprisoned or forced to flee.
"If my behaviour with my parents was bad, my behaviour with God was even worse," recalls 16-year-old Ines.
A mob of Muslims have vandalized three church buildings and damaged and looted Christian-owned shops in Nigeria's Sokoto state after police arrested two Muslims for beating to death 25-year-old Christian student Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu and burning her body over false allegations of blasphemy.
One person is dead and five people were injured Sunday in a shooting inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in the south Orange County city of Laguna Woods, authorities said.
In Zimbabwe, seven out of 10 women rely on farming to earn a living and provide for their families. But with no rain, growing food proves to be near impossible.
A 25-year-old Christian student in Nigeria's Sokoto State was beaten to death and her body burned after her Muslim classmates purportedly found a blasphemous message she had sent to a school WhatsApp group, according to a persecution watchdog.
Lord Goldsmith said his arrest was "truly appalling on every conceivable level".
Fulani herdsmen mount several attacks in the same area.
Homes burned down in assault by Islamic extremists.
On Tuesday, Patriarch Kirill denied that Russia's actions in Ukraine amounted to an invasion, insisting 'Russia has never attacked anyone.'
Regardless of the persecution, God is still at work and peoples' faith is growing.
The European Parliament has been challenged over a new report on the persecution of religious minorities that criticises religion as "an important driver of conflict worldwide".
