Pray with us for these African countries. Muslims represent 41.3% of the population in Africa, growing at a rate of 2.5% per year (mainly as a result of having large families). Islam first spread from the Middle East to North Africa and then eventually towards the south.

Most of the 30,000 Teda people live in the remote and isolated area of the Tibesti mountains, located in north-western Chad, north-eastern Niger and southern Libya. This area is surrounded by miles of the arid Saharan Sea of sand dunes and rocks.

The Fulani are the largest migratory group of people in the world, consisting of between 16 to 25 million people (estimates vary widely) spread across sub-Saharan Africa from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan. In some areas, Fulani who have become Christians have experienced no negative repercussions from family or community members. More often though, decisions to follow Christ have been met with harsh persecution. There are currently no more than a few thousand Fulani Christians - much less than 1% of the total population. Less than 10% of the Fulani have heard the Gospel.

Billi, a young Teda, went to Egypt in the early 1990s to deepen his knowledge of Islam. As a child, he was taught that the hand that touches the book of the Christians would burn in hell. But, after a long search and despite all the "warnings", Billi held a Bible in his hand. He concluded that the Truth must be found in the Bible. He was baptised in September 2001. Since then, he has been a faithful member of a small Gorane house church.

The Tuareg are often regarded as a mysterious people, and regularly misunderstood by others. Once known as “The Lords of The Sahara”, they are still considered fierce and unapproachable by many other tribes.