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July 8, 2011

Trends in North Sudan: War, and us ignoring them

We can all celebrate the new freedom for South Sudan. It’s a great thing–for them. The way forward will be difficult and perhaps tense at times, but at least they will have a chance. However, the downside of this is: the majority of those opposed to the policies of the north have now left. This [...]

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April 18, 2010

Hidden martyrs in Egypt

The Assyrian International News Agency reports the growing number of attacks on the Egyptian Christian population by Islamic radicals: 24 in 2008, 29 in 2009. Coptic Christians number about 7 million or 10% of Egypt.

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April 1, 2010

Eritrea: still imprisoned for faith

http://bit.ly/dBcTIc – 2,200 Christians imprisoned i Eritrea for practicing their faith in unregistered groups. Number has dropped as many released due to poor health or drafted into military for war against Ethiopia.

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March 29, 2010

Will Libya Change?

Is Gaddafi’s son a modernizer – or just the front man in a performance? In TIME.

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March 22, 2010

Morocco cracking down on expats

Several sources are reporting Morocco has been suddenly cracking down accusing foreigners of proselytizing and expelling them. See ICC for a brief summary. Could be related to an earlier set of expulsions.

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March 11, 2010

Christians killed in Nigeria

Hundreds of (mostly ethnic Berom) Christians in 3 farming villages near Jos, Nigeria were killed by ethnic Fulani Muslims, and about 75 houses were burned. Multiple reports: BBC, ReliefWeb, NYT, CNN, Compass Direct, many more.

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