Recently, Kenya was listed by the U.S.-based anti-persecution watchdog Open Doors as one of the countries where it is difficult to be Christian. According to the group, persecution of Christians has been spreading, especially in the predominantly Muslim northeastern and coastal regions.
Arsonists reportedly set five church buildings on fire and threw feces on the charred structures from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24 in a village in western Kenya.
A Christian boy was reportedly sold to a witchdoctor for ritual sacrifice after his father converted from Islam.
After enduring tremendous losses at the hand of religious persecution, three Chrisitan families in Kenya received aid from an Irish Christian Charity and an Irish church to help get them back on their feet.
An Al Qaeda militant group called Al-Shabaab is demanding Christians leave three counties in Northeastern Kenya: Garissa, Wajir and Mandera.
Three Chrisitan school teachers were killed in northeastern Kenya.
Sudan’s new minister of religious affairs last week attended a long-persecuted church’s Christmas service.
At least nine Christians have been killed for not being able to recite the Islamic creed. Their deaths are believed to be at the hands of Islamic militants in Kenya.
Suspected members of Somali Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab intercepted a bus in northern Kenya on Friday (Dec. 6), separated out those who were not local ethnic Somali Muslims and executed them, sources said.
