Young Ethiopian Christians “bribed” to convert to Islam, says charity
World Watch Monitor Young Ethiopian Christians are bribed with jobs and education prospects if they convert to Islam, according to the UK-based charity Aid to the Church in Need. A Christian religious leader who wished to remain anonymous told ACN that Christians who are poor were especially targeted. Most Christians in Ethiopia belong to the Ethiopian […]
Ethiopian PM sends condolences to Orthodox Church after 15 priests killed
World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s prime minister visited the leader of the country’s Orthodox Church on Saturday to express his condolences after 15 priests were killed and 10 Orthodox churches damaged in the eastern Somali region last week. Among the priests killed were Rev Kidane Mariam Nibretu, Rev Yared Hibu, Father Gebiremariam Asfaw, and Abreham Tigabu, […]
Ethiopian evangelical sent back to prison for “causing outrage to religious feeling”
World Watch Monitor An Ethiopian court of cassation has rejected an appeal by an evangelical Christian sentenced to seven months in prison for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”. Temesgen Mitiku Mezemir, 24, the leader of an evangelical fellowship group, was taken back to prison in the southern city of Arba Minch, after being released […]
Ethiopian Protestant loses appeal against prison sentence for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”
World Watch Monitor An Ethiopian court has turned down the appeal of an evangelical Christian sentenced to seven months in prison for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”. In its verdict, published on 19th March, the court upheld an earlier sentence given by a judge in the southern city of Arba Minch on 2nd […]
Ethiopian state considers restricting ‘Christian activity’ to church buildings
World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s northern Tigray State is considering adopting a new law that would restrict Christian activities to within official church compounds, rendering illegal the activities of smaller churches that do not own their own buildings and gather in houses. The law, if passed, would most affect Christians from outside the Ethiopian Orthodox Church […]
Three men freed from false convictions for burning down Ethiopian Orthodox church
World Watch Monitor Three men, falsely convicted and imprisoned for burning down an Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) building in the rural community of Gulema Iyesus in May 2014, have been acquitted and freed. The area is about 275 kilometres north of the capital, Addis Ababa. Tibebu Mekuria, Dawit Jemberu, and Belete Tilahun were reunited with […]