Another church closed in Algeria
On the 16th of October yet another church was sealed by the authorities in Algeria. The church, which is in the Kabylie province of Bejaia, has been active for more than five years and is a member of the Église…
Two Churches in Algeria reopened
On 10 June, the governor of Oran in Algeria permitted two churches in the province to reopen after they were previously closed down between November 2017 and February 2018. Rachid Seghir, who is the pastor at the main church of…
The religious ‘cold war’ in Algeria
A new tide of persecution is taking shape in Algeria... A systematic campaign, which is slowly and discreetly violating the religious rights of its citizens… And no media agency is telling the story. In the largest country in Africa, 99%…
Algerian churches forced to close
Youssef Ourahmane, the leader of a Protestant church in Algeria, has denounced the closure of his church which has been around for more than 20 years. Last November, local authorities closed the church, claiming it had been used to “illegally…