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2019

News

PAKISTAN: Christian girl, 14, abducted during lockdown

2 weeks ago Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines

A mother in Pakistan has spoken of her distress after a man struck while the country was in lockdown, abducting the woman’s 14-year-old daughter, forcing...

News

PAKISTAN: Christians denied COVID-19 aid

3 weeks ago Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines

NGOs and Muslim leaders in Pakistan stand accused of refusing to give COVID-19 emergency aid to Christians and other religious minorities – even though they...

News

Burkina Faso – entire towns and villages emptied or cut off – not because of COVID-19, but because of terrorism

1 month ago Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines

The terrorist threat, which has affected five regions of northern and eastern Burkina Faso in particular, has been “eclipsed by the Covid-19 pandemic”, according to...

Feature Stories

NIGER: Is there a danger of renewed anti-Christian riots?

1 month ago Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines

NIGER: Coronavirus pandemic – Is there a danger of renewed anti-Christian riots, as happened after the "Charlie-Hebdo" incident? Covid-19 has become a global phenomenon, affecting...

Feature Stories

In Nigeria, a priest reflects on deadly Fulani attack in light of Easter season

1 month ago Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines

In the first two months of 2020, Fulani herdsmen killed 350 Christians in Nigeria, according to research by the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties...

Interviews

Istanbul: Could the former cathedral of Hagia Sophia become a mosque?

1 month ago Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines

The great cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, was once the centre of Eastern Orthodoxy, before being transformed into a mosque, and then a...

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