Islamist militants murder at least 57 people and damage church in spate of attacks in Mozambique	

	

	

		Islamist fundamentalists murdered at least 57 people, with a further five deaths unconfirmed, and smashed their way into a church in an upsurge in violence at the beginning of April in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, which is Muslim-majority.

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Eleven church buildings wrecked in Burkina Faso after Christian grave desecrated	

	

	

		Barnabas Fund contacts report that eleven church buildings were destroyed in the course of a three-day attack in Gaoua district, south-west Burkina Faso, that began on Friday, 18 April. 

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Covid-19 “disaster” looms in Iranian jails as Christian leaders plead for release of prisoners of conscience	

	

	

	
	
The Council of United Iranian Churches has called on the authorities to release all prisoners of conscience, including at least ten Christians, detained for their “peaceful beliefs and activities”, to avert a Covid-19 “disaster” in jails. 

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World faces famine of “Biblical proportions” over Covid-19 pandemic warns UN	

	

	

	
	
Urgent and immediate action is needed to prevent widespread famine of “Biblical proportions” as the coronavirus pandemic worsens existing world food crises, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on 21 April. 

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