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NIGERIA: State governor accused of colluding in ‘genocide’
Priest calls for action after death of up to 130 people within six weeks A state governor…
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PHILIPPINES: ‘Extremists want to divide faiths and provoke chaos in the country’, says cleric
Bomb attacks on Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines are part of an attempt to incite…
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NIGERIA: ‘I watched as my husband was butchered to death’
The full horror of Islamist militia violence in north-east Nigeria has been revealed in a Christian woman’s…
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SYRIA: A homecoming never to be forgotten
Father Andrzej Halemba (ACN Middle East Projects Coordinator) and Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi Supreme Court decision could be good news for all blasphemy victims
By refusing to back down in its decision to acquit Asia Bibi, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has sent…
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PHILIPPINES: Church calls for prayer and solidarity following bomb attack
An urgent appeal for prayers for the victims of yesterday’s terrorist attack on a cathedral in the…
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INTERNATIONAL: Aggressive nationalism is fuelling religious hatred – and the West is failing to act
A surge in aggressive nationalism in key parts of the world is to blame for a rise…
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 42 dead following Cathedral attack
Refugees sheltering in the compound of the Cathedral in Diocese of Alindao were attacked on 15th November by rebel…
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ETHIOPIA: Islamists bribing Christians to convert
Young Christians in Ethiopia are being lured to convert to Islam by promises of jobs, education, help…
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INDONESIA: Families bomb three churches and police station
ACN News Briefing Two families – including children as young as eight – carried out suicide bomb…
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CAR: Priest witnesses Church attack – at least 19 killed
Father Moses Otii next to bullet holes in Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church,…
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IRAQ: “Help families home now – or Christianity could disappear from the country”
Christianity will be reduced to a token presence in Iraq – unless more families are given aid…