Africa

Kenya: Odinga inaugurates himself

02 Feb 2018
Last November Mr Kenyatta was officially inaugurated as president, but his victory was not recognised by Raila Odinga, who argues that Mr Kenyatta was elected by a small section of the country. On…

South Sudan Needs Our Prayers!

31 Jan 2018
An Urgent Request to keep those in South Sudan in our daily prayers with those on the ground there has been requested. You may remember recently a new ceasefire was put into place.…

Sunrise Prayer Relay Catching on Around the World

31 Jan 2018
See some of the USA testimonies from Florida, South Dakota and Tennessee. We are cheating a bit to say 50 countries because Puerto Rico is part of USA but they seem to regard…

Nigeria: Urgent Call to Prayer

31 Jan 2018
From: Pastor Austen Ukachi, Lagos, Nigeria | IPC Leadership Team You are probably as shocked as I was to learn of the spate of attacks and deaths that greeted the New Year in…

Algeria: A New Wave of persecutions against the Church

31 Jan 2018
Many Churches have been ordered and faced closure of their meeting places. These pressures signal a coordinated campaign of the intensified action against Churches by the governing authorities. So far, two Churches, the…

Nigeria: urgent call to prayer (1)

19 Jan 2018
A respected Lagos church leader reports that worshippers in their church in Rivers State were gruesomely murdered by heartless cultists. 15+ people, including women and children, were cut down in a hail of…

Nigeria: urgent call to prayer (2)

19 Jan 2018
The Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the government to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) a terrorist organisation. Stating they should be prosecuted for genocide against the Christian minorities, Rev…

Namibia: prayer needs

19 Jan 2018
25% of people in Namibia have HIV/AIDS, and 35% are unemployed. Life expectancy is plummeting. Political conflicts, colonialism and apartheid have left scars. Ethnic tensions and potential economic collapse threaten the fragile stability.…

Nigeria: environmental threat to families

12 Jan 2018
Caught in a Niger Delta downpour, a woman runs for shelter. The plastic bottles of homemade petrol she was selling are beaten off their wooden perch by the heavy rain. The smell of…

Ethiopia to release political prisoners

05 Jan 2018
In a surprise move, Hailemariam Desalegn, the Ethiopian prime minister, has announced the release of political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre, allegedly used as a torture chamber. He said…
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