The comments follow a three-year jail sentence handed earlier this month to 32-year-old Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, who was found guilty of homosexual conduct. read more

General Aziza, Nigeria’s former national security advisor, says the upscale in Boko Haram’s terrorist attacks may be linked with the upcoming 2015 Nigerian presidential elections. read more

The head of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Yobe State told the African Free Press that many of the worshipers of the Evangelical Church of West Africa were "still missing." read more

Boko Haram has killed hundreds in its campaign to impose sharia law in northern Nigeria--and 44 were killed on Christmas Day in 2011. read more

Marie, a 20-something Christian worker has lived in North Africa and the Middle East for several years. Two things set her apart from most of her peers: she is unmarried and she is African American. read more

God can speak through a donky if he wants to... and he is through an Operation Mobilization (OM) outreach. read more

Believers from Syria and other countries where Christians are persecuted are coping with all the hardships that come with persecution, rather than being able to enjoy the Christmas season with their fellow Christians and families. read more

The court dismissed an appeal from a woman, known only by the initials N.S., who accused an uncle and a cousin of sexual assault and wished to testify wearing a niqab. read more

The end of the bak'tun in the 5,125-year-old Long Calendar of the Maya had raised scattered fears around the globe that the end is nigh or that lesser catastrophe lay in store. read more

A minister in Angela Merkel's government has sparked a pre-Christmas row among Germany's ruling parties by suggesting language that effectively neuters God. read more