Militants massacre 24 Christians including two ministers in western Ethiopia

12 March 2021 Twenty-four Christians, including two ministers, were attacked and killed by armed militants in western Ethiopia on Sunday 7 March. The Christians were attending a church service in Horo Guduru Welega zone (formerly Welega Province) on the eve of Ethiopian Lent, which began on 8 March. According to local contacts, members of the

Awful genocide in Tigray, Ethiopia

DISPLACED CHRISTIANS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA, NEED URGENT FOOD Donate now Countless Christians have fled the murderous attacks by Eritrean forces“We lost hope and decided to stay and die at the church. We didn’t try to run,” said Abraham, recalling when Eritrean forces attacked the church in Dengelat village, in the east of Ethiopia’s Tigray region,

Eritrean Prisoner Releases

ERITREA: 21 Christian women released from notorious island prison On 3 March, 21 Christian women were released from Nakura prison in the Dahlak archipelago in the Red Sea. Nakura is well known in Eritrea as a notorious prison built by the Italian colonial authorities in 1892 to detain Eritreans opposed to their rule. The prison

ERITREA: Ten Christian prisoners released

News has emerged of the release of ten Christian prisoners from Mai Serwa prison near Asmara, the capital. They were released during the second week of January and while their names have not been made public, it is known that some were “long-term” prisoners, having been held for over five years. The latest releases follow

Aklilu Desbele

Posted on 20NOV2019 Aklilu Desbele (46) has been in prison in Eritrea since 2008 because of his commitment to sharing the gospel. Aklilu Desbele is known as a man of prayer, integrity and good humour, who was so committed to the gospel that his friends called him the “Fifth Gospel”. An accountancy graduate from Asmara

Ethiopian massacre

At least 54 ethnic Amharas, mostly Christian women, children and elderly, reported massacred at school in Ethiopia Survivors of a massacre at a school in the western Oromia region of Ethiopia reported that at least 54 ethnic Amhara, most of whom are thought to have been Christians, died, according to a body count made after gunmen opened

Persecution Watch: Praying for the Inhumane Suffering of Eritrean Christians

Originally posted on VOICE OF THE PERSECUTED:
? (Voice of the Persecuted) Before praying for Eritrea, we want to pray for: Leah Sharibu and Alice, made slaves for life by Boko Haram. Eritrea: Population: 5.2 million, Christians 2.5 million Horrific prisons and human rights atrocities. Since 1993, President Afwerki has overseen an authoritarian brutal regime…

Family of Eritrean prison martyr free.

Eritrean mother of three dies in desert prison Our sister Fikadu has died in an Eritrean prison camp in 2017 within three months of her arrest. Her four children and their father Afewerki are now free and living in Canada! (2/1/2020)   Martial law in this awful country: ERITREA – Security forces shoot 28 dead

Aklilu in Eritrea needs your prayer support (Heb.13:3)

More Eritrean Oppression.

ERITREA: Crackdown continues as eighty more Christians detained On Sunday 18 August, Eritrean security officials raided a home church and detained eighty Christians in Godaif district, near Asmara airport. Men, women and children were taken to the local police station, and have been held there ever since. The raid is yet another incident in 2019’s crackdown