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Niger’s coup threatens stability in West Africa. It’s the region’s seventh military takeover in the past three years.

“Niger is a strategic location because of the bordering countries: Algeria, Libya, Mali, [and] Nigeria,” World Mission’s Greg Kelley says.

Security forces locked the president down on Wednesday, holding him captive in his home. The mutinous soldiers called their actions a coup, and the army added its support yesterday.

Grammy award-winning singer Tori Kelly is in hospital after collapsing while out Sunday evening. 

According to TMZ, who first released the news, Tori was out for dinner with her friends in downtown Los Angeles when she experienced a racing heartbeat and passed out.

Creators of a new app are touting it as a "new and engaging way to interact with Scripture" by bringing biblical characters to life.

Catloaf Software has launched its new app, Text With Jesus. The company says the app is "a unique blend of advanced technology and faith, offers Christians a new and engaging way to interact with Scripture."

Natalie Grant, a nine-time Grammy nominee, is set to release a new album this fall.

The new project, Seasons, will feature a variety of new songs and Christian songs of the past. 

"Through the different seasons of life, I have these songs that have been like a foundation for me," said Grant. "This record is different than the rest because this is my history. This is my life soundtrack."

Two singles off the new album have already been released, 'You Will Be Found' feat. Cory Asbury and 'We Will Stand' feat. Tauren Wells, Jekalyn Carr & CAIN.

The Ontario Christian rock band, Thousand Foot Krutch hasn't released new music since 2017, but that all changes today with their album The End is Where We Begin: Reignited.

This new project is a revisioned release of their 2012 independent album The End is Where We Begin, and the rock group has called on their peers to add new sounds to their widely loved original songs.

The story of King Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel is well known, and a local group, Gerauschbiest, has used it to inspire their performance for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival which begins today.

Gerauschbiest, meaning noise beast, consists of two brothers, Jesse and Thomas Krause. What sets them apart is their arsenal of homebuilt instruments made from trees, bicycles and just about anything they envision being useful and contributing to their sound.

Morality police are back on patrol as Iran announces a new campaign enforcing the mandatory hijab. On Sunday, officers patrolled the streets of Tehran in marked vans.

Women reach out to Heart4Iran’s 24/7 call center daily for prayer and counselling. “The stress, the threat, the anxiousness is with every woman inside the country,” Heart4Iran’s Nazanin Baghestani says.

“They cannot go on the streets [because] they are afraid that they will be caught; they are being followed.”

The Lichtenau Church is highlighted as an important piece of Mennonite history when approximately 23,000 Mennonites came from the Soviet Union to Canada 100 years ago. 

Andrea Klassen, senior curator at Mennonite Heritage Village, says the Lichtenau church was built in Ste. Elizabeth, near Morris, and now sits at the museum in Steinbach. 

Nigerian Christians in Plateau State have received letters from extremists threatening attack, and they’re taking it seriously.

Since May, over 450 believers have been killed in targeted attacks across northern Nigeria. Yet, Greg Kelley with World Mission says these threats stand out.

“The thing that’s most concerning to me is the location of it,” Kelley says. “Plateau State is very much in the center of Nigeria.

A Christian ministry brings the gospel to prisoners incarcerated for 10 years to life in prison and shares how the spirits of these men have changed.

God Behind Bars is a ministry that has partnered with churches and other faith-based organizations across the U.S. since 2009 to transform the lives of prison inmates and their families by introducing them to God, developing a relationship with the Lord and helping them reestablish themselves into society once released.