Linda Burkle, PhD With so many catastrophic events occurring throughout the world, it is not surprising that many ongoing humanitarian crises continue without much attention. Currently,...
2/15/2023 Sudan (International Christian Concern) - According to Morning Star News, a Christian evangelist in Sudan has been forced into hiding following attempted attacks by his...
2/3/2023 South Sudan (International Christian Concern) - After wrapping up his time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis is arriving in the war-torn nation of South Sudan...
By Linda Burkle, PhD Blasphemy laws “ban speech or actions considered to be ‘contemptuous of God or of people or objects considered sacred.”[1] Many such laws are vague and applied...
10/15/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A group of NGOs recently wrote to Alejandro Mayokas, who heads the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, asking him to...
By Linda Burkle, PhD Throughout my professional career, I have had the privilege and challenge of directly working with victims of human trafficking as well as administering programs to...
08/07/2022 South Sudan (International Christian Concern) - On July 26, in South Sudan’s northern Unity state, approximately 15 soldiers were killed by insurgents. Authorities reported...
08/06/2022 South Sudan and the DRC (International Christian Concern) - Pope Francis was scheduled to visit South Sudan and the DRC in early July but delayed the visit due to health...
07/14/2022 Sudan (International Christian Concern) — Four Christians were recently arrested under an anti-apostasy law that was repealed two years ago. Bader el Dean Haroon Abdel...
By Linda Burkle, PhD A web of war While the world is focused on the Russian incursion into Ukraine, little attention has been given to the intensifying war in the Middle East, where...
05/11/2022 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – A young Christian couple in Sudan who have two children together are facing 100 lashes on charges of “adultery” after a sharia...
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