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Gospel Singer, Bernard Amankwah Teams up with MPs for National Peace Concert Gospel Singer, Bernard Amankwah Teams up with MPs for National Peace Concert BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Gospel Singer, Bernard Amankwah Teams up with MPs for National Peace Concert
Gospel musician, Bernard Amankwah is teaming up with the country's legislature to stage a concert dubbed, the National Peace Concert to promote peace in the country before and after the December elections.The concert follows a 2008 edition, and will come...
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Zahara Sweeps SAMA Awards Zahara Sweeps SAMA Awards BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Zahara Sweeps SAMA Awards
South Africa Musician Zahara. (Photo Courtesy Zahara Spinash Mkutukana/facebook)The 18th annual MTN South African Music Awards, held on 30 April 2012 at Sun City, has officially crowned the music performers of 2012, with Zahara walking away with six awards....
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New Exhibit Shows Africa’s Influence on Diaspora Art in US New Exhibit Shows Africa’s Influence on Diaspora Art in US Africa Good News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
New Exhibit Shows Africa’s Influence on Diaspora Art in US
The West African man is dressed in the khaki uniform and red fez worn by French colonial soldiers of the era. But he wasn’t a French soldier – he was a famous Senegalese dancer based in Paris at the time, Francois Benga. Now immortalized in James A Porter’s 1935 painting, “Soldado Senegales,” his portrait today hangs among the many art works on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s “African…
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20 Killed in Attack on Church Service at Nigerian University Campus 20 Killed in Attack on Church Service at Nigerian University Campus BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
20 Killed in Attack on Church Service at Nigerian University Campus
Gunmen attacked church services on a university campus Sunday in northern Nigeria, using small explosives to draw out and gun down panicking worshipers in an assault that killed at least 20 people, officials said....
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu Urges a Dialogue for Peace in Sudan Archbishop Desmond Tutu Urges a Dialogue for Peace in Sudan BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Urges a Dialogue for Peace in Sudan
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has expressed his dismay over the disintegration of peace between Sudan and South Sudan. The two countries are on the brink of war with tensions reaching breaking point, less than a year since South Sudan seceded from...
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Lawmakers Boycott Government in Cairo Lawmakers Boycott Government in Cairo BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Lawmakers Boycott Government in Cairo
The head of Egypt's ruling military council will form a new government "within hours," state media reported Sunday night.The move by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi came hours after Saad el-Katatni -- speaker of Egypt's lower parliamentary house -- announced...
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Churches in South Sudan Need Prayer as Nation Is on Brink of War Churches in South Sudan Need Prayer as Nation Is on Brink of War BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Churches in South Sudan Need Prayer as Nation Is on Brink of War
Songs of praise echoed through the village of Dwani, South Sudan, as hundreds of believers marched in a grand procession around their newly rebuilt church on dedication day....
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Sudan Declares State of Emergency On Border with South Sudan Sudan Declares State of Emergency On Border with South Sudan BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Sudan Declares State of Emergency On Border with South Sudan
Sudan declared a state of emergency Sunday in areas bordering South Sudan, giving authorities wide powers of arrest a day after they detained three foreigners in a flashpoint town along the frontier. The detentions and state of emergency heightened tensions...
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Deadly explosions during church services at Nigerian university Deadly explosions during church services at Nigerian university Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Deadly explosions during church services at Nigerian university
Attackers armed with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at a Nigerian university killing about 20 people as worshippers tried to flee witnesses and officials said
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Kidnapped Swiss Christian freed amid Mali unrest Kidnapped Swiss Christian freed amid Mali unrest Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Kidnapped Swiss Christian freed amid Mali unrest
Separatist Islamist rebels have released a Swiss Christian woman kidnapped by a private militia on April 15 amid political turmoil in Timbuktu Mali according to a Swiss foreign ministry statement
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Bombers attack centre in Christian area of Jos in Nigeria Bombers attack centre in Christian area of Jos in Nigeria Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Bombers attack centre in Christian area of Jos in Nigeria
One person was killed and nine others were injured on Tuesday after suspected Islamic extremists attacked a TV viewing centre in a Christian area of Jos
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Tutu appeals to Sudan and South Sudan over violence Tutu appeals to Sudan and South Sudan over violence Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Tutu appeals to Sudan and South Sudan over violence
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has expressed his dismay over the disintegration of peace between Sudan and South Sudan
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Nigeria: Military, Police Bomb Boko Haram Hideout Nigeria: Military, Police Bomb Boko Haram Hideout BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Nigeria: Military, Police Bomb Boko Haram Hideout
It was a weekend of total victory for the security forces in the country, as they recorded immense successes in combating different types of crime in the country....
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Is Kenya's Tea Industry in Crisis? Is Kenya's Tea Industry in Crisis? BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Is Kenya's Tea Industry in Crisis?
Additional levies on imports and exports of the lucrative cash crop could see the demise of an industry that has sustained the country for decades warns industry players....
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Sudan: Air Force Bombs Two Towns in South's Unity State Sudan: Air Force Bombs Two Towns in South's Unity State BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Sudan: Air Force Bombs Two Towns in South's Unity State
Sudan Armed Force (SAF) warplanes carried out an intensive bombardment of the Unity state capital town of Bentiu and neighboring Rubkotna, Sudan Tribune reporter says....

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