(Barnabas Aid) — The UN confirmed on Feb. 18 that the desert locust plague, which can migrate up to 150km a day, has now invaded southeast Sudan, entering from northern Uganda. Many thousands are facing acute food shortages as vast swarms of desert locusts, considered the most destructive migratory pest on earth, have caused […]
Ethiopia (Mission Network News) — Ethiopia — compared to its neighbors like Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan — is the tamest of the bunch when it comes to religious violence. But Greg Musselman with The Voice of the Martyrs Canada says that is changing. “I have a close friend that is giving us information. Since he […]
SEBETA, Ethiopia — Two pastors in Ethiopia were recently beheaded at their homes in the midst of Islamic rioting that also killed over 60 others and wounded more than 200. According to reports, the incident occurred in October as a mob took to the streets of Sebeta to protest the actions of the Ethiopian government under […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Authorities of Ethiopia’s northern region of Amhara showed up at a gathering of the Ethiopian Fellowship of Evangelical students (IFES) in Debark and arrested an undisclosed number of participants, according to local sources. The police pressured students arrested to sign an agreement to never meet again in Debark, and then released them. […]