Africa
South Africa: polluted political power
Since the end of apartheid the African National Congress (ANC) has dominated South African politics. The people struggle with 30% unemployment, 55% live below the poverty line, and the 75-year-old president faces serious…
South Africa: Cape Town water crisis
South Africa has the worst drought in 23 years. Climate change and massive population growth are blamed for the crisis. They are extracting water from underground springs and developing wastewater treatment and better…
Kenya: Odinga inaugurates himself
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!
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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.…
