Christians who live in areas with especially intense fighting are more likely to see persecution, especially as Islamic militants take advantage of the war to eliminate Christianity in Sudan.

Reports indicate that 70 Christians were beheaded by Islamic militants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The group that killed the faithful is an affiliate of the Islamic state.

"The persecution of Christians around the world is one of the great untold scandals of the 21st Century," says Open Doors CEO ...

So charges Roman Catholic Father William Dowds, a South African-born missionary, of the country where Christian missions are currently faring worst: the Sudan. Since last November, 77 Catholic ...

Two pastors in Sudan are facing possible death sentences after criticizing the Islamist government's treatment of Christians, according to reports. Pastors Yat Michael Rout and Peter Yein Reith ...

This is why there is no other cause - not the Kurds, not the Tibetans, not the Uighurs, not the Sudanese, not the Ukrainians, not the Armenians, not the persecuted Christians - that attracts ...

Since 1995, several groups of non-Sudanese Christians have endeavored to assist the Dinka to redeem their abducted children and female relatives. These efforts are in addition to efforts that the ...

Sudan has filed a case at the top United Nations court accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention ...

Islam is the official religion of Sudan, and Arabic is its official language. The population is 70 percent Sunni Muslim and 5 percent Christian. Twenty-five percent adhere to indigenous religious ...