Africa’s young people face immense challenges like corruption, unemployment, instability, and climate change, but overcoming these barriers will unlock the continent’s greatest potential for transformation and hope.
With more than 62% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population under 25, the region stands at the heart of a global youth surge. This growing generation—nearly 200 million strong—is a vital resource with the potential to drive innovation, growth, and transformation across the continent if equipped with the right skills and opportunities.
The youth bulge represents not a crisis, but a remarkable opportunity. Today’s generation—digitally connected, diverse, and innovative—is reshaping economies, driving social change, and building bridges across cultures and borders.
Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is universally recognized in human rights law as the liberty of all individuals to hold, adopt, change, or renounce a religion or belief. It protects theistic, non-theistic, atheistic, and minority beliefs, as well as the right not to profess any belief
Between Monday the 8th September and Tuesday the 9th September, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacks in two more communities left an estimated more than 100 people dead. These form part of a spate of recent attacks that have killed large numbers, including an attack at the end of July that left nearly 50 dead in Komanda, northwest of Beni.
Munah, a young Christian convert from a Muslim tribe in arid East Africa, faces severe isolation and persecution for her faith. After enduring personal trauma, she finds healing through ServAfrica’s trauma care training, emerging stronger to help others facing similar challenges.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, where 62% of the population is under 25, Christian youths face severe persecution, including discrimination, violence, and isolation. This youth bulge presents both an opportunity for the Church’s future and risks of disenfranchisement, potentially fueling violence and migration.
On January 15, 2023, members of the Islamic militant Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) detonated a bomb in a church in the North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The explosion killed at least 17 people and seriously injured around 70 others. Neema*, a mother of two in her 30s, was also there that…
In May 2023, the Christian communities of Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria, experienced brutal attacks that left hundreds of mostly Christian villagers dead and tens of thousands displaced. The perpetrators spoke Fulani, shouted Islamic war cries and were recognized as being from the herder communities seasonally migrating through this area. The event irreversibly changed Pastor Z’s life.
On Sunday morning, 27 July 2025, fighters belonging to the ISIS-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked Komanda and killed as many as 31 worshippers attending an overnight prayer vigil in the Catholic Church. About ten more people were killed in the same village along in the eastern DRC town.