Day 1

MARCH | 2024

India

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

India is a diverse nation with 780 languages spoken throughout the country. The southern part of the country hosts the technology and industrial hub of the nation. The majority of taxes generated for the country come from the South. There are also more job opportunities and foreign investors prefer the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu over Northern states. As a result, the southern states host large migrant populations. The quality of Educational infrastructure also plays a key role. The Northern states have more population and inferior infrastructure too.

In recent years, the ignoring pattern by the central government towards the southern states is causing discord. Taxes owed to southern states are not paid and are instead utilized for states like Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat. There is a slow divide forming in the nation that no one wants to address. The majority of social media posts end up becoming an online slug fest.

Pray for God to raise His children to help smooth relationships on social media and not to create further divide (The Bible, Matthew 5:9).

Pray for the government leaders to take steps to pay southern states their fair share of taxes and for allocation of infrastructural funding (The Bible, Psalm 33:5).

Pray for the leaders of Northern states to take adequate steps to provide quality education for people in their states (The Bible, Psalm 90:12).

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

The world’s second most populous country, India offers a vast array of languages and cultures. India gave birth to Hinduism but hosts the world’s second-largest Muslim population. For the fourth year in a row, India is in the 2022 World Watch List’s top 10 countries with the worst Christian persecution. There are extraordinary prayer initiatives and networks across India, praying both for India and for the nations of the world.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Droupadi Murmu
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Narendra Modi
POPULATION
over 1.3 billion
CHRISTIANS
2.3%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
unknown
DOMINANT RELIGION
Hinduism
PERSECUTION RANKING
11
REFUGEES
205,012
LIFE EXPECTANCY
68.13 yrs
LITERACY RATE
74.04%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
29.8%

Day 1

MARCH | 2024

Mauritania

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

The European Union is setting up an unofficial border task force by recruiting African countries to prevent the smuggling of illegal immigrants. In return for this service, they receive infrastructure aid or just a bounty type of payout per month. Mauritania was the latest to join this foray. In return for preventing African migrants from crossing to the Canary Islands, Mauritania will receive assistance to set up high energy power lines, humanitarian aid to deal with the food crisis and to help strengthen the border with Mali.

While it has a polished outlook, the treatment of captured immigrants is not humane. They are often lodged in overcrowded facilities and not given adequate food or water. Many of them are simply led into the desert and abandoned.

Pray for God’s children in the Mauritanian military and local municipalities to be compassionate towards captured immigrants (The Bible, Exodus 22:21).

Pray for God to raise His children in the European Union to closely monitor the treatment of immigrants by Mauritania (The Bible, Deuteronomy 10:19).

Source:  EU leaders unveil €210m Mauritania deal in bid to curb people-smuggling

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Mauritania is listed in 23rd position in the World Watch report 2024 by Open Doors for Christian persecution. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania lies on the Atlantic coast of North Africa. The Sahara makes up 90% of Mauritania’s land. The President / the Prime Minister is Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani. Though filled with natural beauty and political peace compared to many of the surrounding countries, Mauritania is one of the poorest Arab nations with social and political problems, including racism, slavery, illiteracy, child marriage and female genital mutilation. The government is intolerant of conversion to Christianity. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), particularly active in the country’s eastern border regions, are the Violent Islamic extremist groups in the country.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Mohammed Ould Bilal
POPULATION
4,244,878
CHRISTIANS
0.3%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
0.1%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
23
REFUGEES
76,048
LIFE EXPECTANCY
65.57 yrs
LITERACY RATE
67%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
31%
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