ANCHA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state massacred 20 Christians, including children, as they slept in the hours after midnight on Friday (Sept. 8) in an apparent reprisal attack that mystified villagers, sources said. Police reportedly said the attack was an act of vengeance after the discovery last week […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Massacre 20 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Apparent reprisal attack included Islamist militants, villagers say.
September 11, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
Al Shabaab Militants in Kenya Kill Four Christians
Somali Islamic extremists identify non-Muslims for slaughter.
September 7, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somali militants from the Islamic extremist Al Shabaab killed four Christians in coastal Kenya on Wednesday (Sept. 6), a local source said. Shaken residents of Bobo village in Lamu County left their homes and slept in the cold of the wilds or in nearby Hindi after Al Shabaab members accompanied […]
Catholic Priest in Nigeria Kidnapped, Killed
No ransom demanded, no sign of robbery.
September 4, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Catholic priest who was kidnapped in southeastern Nigeria on Friday (Sept. 1), was found dead on Saturday, sources said. Gunmen dragged the Rev. Cyriacus Onunkwo, of the diocese of Orlu, Imo state, from his car in the town of Orlu, Imo state, and the next day police found his […]
Mother in Uganda Beaten, Driven from Home for Embracing Christianity
Woman leaves Islam after daughter is healed.
August 30, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ is in hiding after her husband beat her for leaving Islam, sources said. Sophia Nakisaala, 35, turned to Christ on Aug. 7 after her daughter was healed when a street preacher she’d heard in Bulopa village, Kamuli District, prayed […]
Christian Mother Who Died in Detention in Eritrea Showed Signs of Torture, Mourners Note
Maltreatment may have contributed to her death, relative says.
August 25, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A relative at the burial of a Christian mother of three who died in detention in Eritrea told Morning Star News her body showed signs of torture that could have contributed to her death. Eritrean authorities arrested Fikadu Debesay and her husband in the southern town of Adi Quala as […]
Herdsmen in Plateau State, Nigeria Quietly Seizing Christians’ Property, Pastors Say
Church leaders call Muslim Fulani land-grabs ‘economic terrorism.’
August 14, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian Berom farmers in Plateau state, Nigeria amount to “economic terrorism,” Christian leaders told Morning Star News. While Plateau state officials say “relative peace” prevails, Christian leaders point to herdsmen attacks in the past eight months that saw 18 Christians injured and two villages […]
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Released from Five Days of Captivity
Church leaders release sharply worded statement about police, government.
August 9, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspecting corrupt police and accusing the Nigerian government of failing to contain a rash of kidnappings, Christian leaders announced that a pastor abducted last week was freed on Wednesday (Aug. 9). The Rev. Jen Tivkaa Moses, kidnapped by young Fulani men on Friday (Aug. 4) on the highway from Jos […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kidnap Pastor in Plateau State, Central Nigeria
Wounded, released driver relates ordeal.
August 8, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Aug. 4) kidnapped a pastor as he and his driver were traveling in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, the wounded driver told Morning Star News. The Rev. Jen Tivkaa Moses and his driver, Yohanna Maina, were on their way to Abuja from Jos to attend a […]
Christians Killed, Injured in Church Shooting in Southern Nigeria
Motive for attack unclear.
August 6, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JOS, NIGERIA (Morning Star News) – At least 11 people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church service in southern Nigeria today that apparently was rooted in a conflict with a relative of one of the parishioners, authorities said. At least 18 others were injured in the shooting at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in […]
Church in Zanzibar, Tanzania Shaken as Court Supports Muslims’ Opposition to Building
Christian leaders see Islamist bias in ruling.
July 26, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A court on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, ruled on Thursday (July 20) that a church cannot continue constructing a worship building it has tried to finish for eight years, sources said. Hard-line Muslims outside Zanzibar City have been fighting construction of the Pentecostal Assemblies […]