The latest annual accounting from Open Doors ranks the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous and difficult to be a Christian. Overall, 15 sub-Saharan countries scored “extremely high” on Open Doors' violence metric. Authoritarian impulses are imported elsewhere, as China and Russia (unranked, but monitored by Open Doors) spread their influence especially in Africa. Open Doors divides this into two subcategories, with 3,329 detained believers representing an increase of 6 percent. Secular intolerance (0 countries), Christian denominational protectionism (0 countries), and Ethno-religious hostility (0 countries): Open Doors tracks these sources of persecution, but none are the main source in any of the 50 countries on the 2024 list.

Source: Libya Today January 17, 2024 15:12 UTC