NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Al Shabaab militants walked into an elementary school compound in northeastern Kenya on May 31 and shot a Christian teacher to death, sources said. Elly Oloo Ojiema was shot at Fafi Primary School in Fafi, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Garissa. “The suspected Al Shabaab militants entered the […]
Christian Teacher Killed, another Abducted along with Muslim in Northeastern Kenya
Al Shabaab militants suspected.
June 14, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Killed in Islamic Extremist Attack in Northeastern Kenya
Suspected Al Shabaab rebels shoot two people to death.
May 19, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Al Shabaab militants are suspected in the killing of two people, at least one a Christian, in a May 12 gun attack in northeastern Kenya, sources said. Five suspected rebels from the Somali Islamic extremist group targeted non-Muslim quarry workers in El Wak, near the Somali border in Kenya’s North […]
Muslim Extremists in Uganda Threaten to Kill Family of Pastor
Islamists seek revenge for pursuit of legal case against them.
May 12, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 12, 2017 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda who relocated after an Islamist attack has had to shift to yet another site, but he can only visit his family there briefly as his life is in danger, his wife said. Muslims continue to track pastor Christopher James Kalaja of […]
Muslim Extremists Destroy Pastor’s Farm, Church Building in Eastern Uganda
Assailants to threaten to kill him for taking legal action, he says.
April 21, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda is without his home, farm and church building after Muslim extremists armed with swords and clubs rampaged through his property on March 27, he said. The band of nine Muslims, who also carried blunt metal objects, were shouting the jihadist slogan “Allah Akbar [God is […]
Muslims in Zanzibar, Tanzania Jail Pastor in Child Abuse Allegation Scheme, Group Says
Church leader could face 30 years in prison.
April 11, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Zanzibar have re-opened a child abuse case dismissed more than two years ago as a pretext for jailing a pastor on the semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania, church leaders said. Police in November 2014 had closed the case against pastor Yohana Madai of the Free Pentecostal […]
More than 200 People Killed in Christian Areas of Nasarawa, Nigeria this Year, Group Says
Muslim Fulani herdsmen mount ‘incessant’ attacks.
March 28, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen on predominantly Christian communities in Nasarawa state this year have left more than 200 people dead and destroyed homes and farms, sources said. One such attack on a worship service on March 19 in the central Nigerian state’s Oshugu village killed two Christians and […]
Court Drops Charges of Kidnapping, ‘Human Sacrifice’ against Evangelist in Uganda
Complainant fails to appear at hearings.
March 20, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A judge in Uganda last week dropped charges aimed at stirring up Islamist opposition against an evangelist who provides refuge to converts from Islam, sources said. A court in Tirinyi, Kibuku District on March 13 dropped the charges of kidnapping and “human sacrifice” against Hassan Muwanguzi after the complainant and […]
Nigeria Orders Christian Leaders to Cancel Mourning, Prayer Day for Killed Christians
Journalists, clergymen threatened for speaking out on violence.
March 17, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Having warned journalists and Christian leaders to stop speaking out about anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, the government this week also ordered the cancellation of a day of prayer and national mourning for slain Christians, sources said. Christian leaders here said the day of prayer and mourning planned in churches across […]
One Year after Agatu Massacre, Christians Continue To Be Killed in Benue, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill at least 29 church members this year.
March 15, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
MAKURDI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A year after Muslim Fulani herdsmen slaughtered an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue state, deadly attacks continued in the state the first 10 weeks of the year, sources said. More than 29 Christians in Agatu and other rural areas were reported to have died in attacks on […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Secret Christian, Her Son, Wound Husband, Sources Say
Assailants identified as Al Shabaab militants.
March 6, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in Somalia identified as Al Shabaab rebels last month shot to death an underground Christian woman and her son and seriously wounded her husband, sources said. The family was asleep at their home at dawn in Afgoi, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Mogadishu, when at least […]