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The Tafat Protestant Church building in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, was set on fire on January 9th, around 11:00 pm. "Tafat" means "light" in the Berber language. According to the church's pastor, Mustapha Krireche, "around twenty "bearded" men broke into the church, destroyed the chairs and doors and then set the building on fire."
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The five countries of North Africa are always among fifty persecuting countries listed by "Open Doors," a Christian ministry that specializes in the defence of persecuted churches and Christians worldwide. The ministry has just released its annual "WorldWatchList," ranking the persecuting countries (see www.opendoors.org). North Korea is still at the head of the list, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.
The situation of Christians in North Africa, on the whole, is deteriorating. All these countries are moving up on this black list, except for Algeria, which went from 19th to 25th.
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Since the partner who was supporting our TV programs decided to cancel our transmission, we have lost our satellite presence. But CNA is ready. Our priority is to retake our place in satellite broadcast by launching a stand-alone station; no further dependence on a "host" partner. We have already acquired the necessary equipment for stand-alone broadcast. In fact, as an exploratory step (and at minimal expense), this equipment also gives us the ability to investigate Internet broadcasting. We won't miss the chance to explore what Internet broadcasting can do for us, in spite of the challenges facing "Web TV" in North Africa. Even in the next months as we finalize our broadcast budget, our international friends will be able to view a new web site dedicated to broadcasting regular programs and Videos on Demand (VOD). This new Internet broadcast site affords us an opportunity to test our equipment before taking the jump to independent satellite broadcast, tentatively at the end of 2010. This next year will certainly be a turning point in the history of CNA. |
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The qualification of the Algerian national soccer team for the World Cup championship playoffs has ignited a tidal wave of emotion in Algeria and beyond. The magnitude of this excitement was such that the French magazine Jeune Afrique stated: "The explosion of joy that followed the qualification of the Algerian team is without precedent. In the history of this young Republic, no other event has caused such passions. Even independence in 1962, when "information highways" were still science fiction, didn't arouse such fervour, such passion, and such beautiful communion (...) And this absolute joy wasn't limited to Algeria. It reached the suburbs of Montreal, Dakar, the riverbanks of the Thames, the seaport of Marseille."
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November 18, Algeria qualified to participate in the FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa June 2010. This will be the Algeria's third appearance at the World Cup after previous qualifications in 1982 and 1986. The Desert Foxes (the nickname of the national team) are now nearly on par with their neighbors who each have made 4 appearances in soccer's greatest event: Tunisia (most notably in 2002 and 2006) and Morocco (most recently in1998).
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CNA or Channel North Africa, is an association that started in the year 2000 by the efforts of several partners who wished to broadcast the Gospel into North Africa using audiovisual materials. The vision of CNA is to see the peoples of North Africa reconciled with God, regenerated and transformed by the Gospel in the communities in which they live.
