NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The families of three Christian schoolteachers killed by Islamic extremists in northeastern Kenya have suffered loss beyond words, but aid from donors in Ireland is helping to compensate for lost income, they said. Somalia-based Al Shabaab militants on Jan. 13 killed Titus Sasaka, a member of the New Testament […]
Families of Three Christian Schoolteachers Killed in Kenya Receive Aid
Al Shabaab attack in Garissa County targeted non-Muslims.
March 5, 2020 By -
Family of 11 Homeless for Leaving Islam in Eastern Uganda
Congregation dwindles due to threats by Muslim villagers.
February 27, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church in eastern Uganda faces a dilemma after receiving threatening messages from Muslim villagers last week. A large family is staying at his church site after Islamist threats for leaving Islam forced them to flee their home. His congregation is dwindling as members have stopped […]
Three Christian Teachers Killed in Northeast Kenya, Sources Say
Al Shabaab militants select non-local Christians for execution.
January 14, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somali Al Shabaab rebels killed three Christian teachers in northeast Kenya at about 2:30 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 13), sources said. “One of the attackers said, ‘We cannot allow infidels to teach our children,’ and there and then fired at three teachers as I managed to escape through the […]
Christian Mother in Uganda Loses Marriage for Turning to Christ
Elsewhere, family is homeless after young father and wife leave Islam.
December 23, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – When Florence Namuyiga’s Muslim husband asked her why their 7-year-old son was singing Christian songs, she remained silent. Namuyiga, a 27-year-old mother of three in central Uganda’s Lwebitati village, Kitumbi Parish in Mubende District, had been secretly attending church services with her 2- and 5-year-old sons since putting her […]
Christians Slain in Suspected Al Shabaab Attack in Northern Kenya
Assailants separated out those who were not local ethnic Somali Muslims.
December 9, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of Somali Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab intercepted a bus in northern Kenya on Friday (Dec. 6), separated out those who were not local ethnic Somali Muslims and executed them, sources said. The Medina Bus Co. vehicle en route from Nairobi to Mandera had 56 people aboard […]
Christian Poisoned by Muslim Brothers in Eastern Uganda, Sources Say
Church leader faced increasing opposition after leaving Islam.
November 22, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of four in Uganda was discharged from a hospital on Monday (Nov. 18), eight days after Muslim relatives poisoned his food for leaving Islam, sources said. Ronald Rajab Nayekuliza, 48, had eaten food tainted with pesticide at a memorial for his deceased father in Kakola village, […]
Christian Family in Muslim Area of Kenya Loses House, Stable Life
Lives under threat even after moving three times, they say.
October 22, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Having moved three times since suspected Muslim extremists burned down their house in northeastern Kenya in March, a Christian mother of eight has a hard time explaining the loss of normal life to her children. More than three years after leaving Islam, Zinabu Mohammad and her family still fear […]
Christian in Uganda Loses Children, Mother and Stepfather to Islamist Attack, Sources Say
Suspected radical Muslims set house on fire.
October 2, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 36-year-old Christian near Kampala, Uganda is mourning the deaths of his son, daughter, mother and stepfather, who were killed when Muslim extremists set their house ablaze seven weeks ago, sources said. Before the radical Muslims set Ali Nakabale’s house on fire on Aug. 20 in Nakaseke, Nakaseke District […]
Widowed Mother of Seven Homeless when Muslim In-Laws Learn She Is Christian
8-year-old son innocently tells relatives about church.
September 4, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The 8-year-old boy didn’t realize that telling his Muslim relatives how much he enjoyed a church choir would cause them to attack his family. The seventh and youngest child of 54-year-old Lezia Nakayiza, widowed since September 2018, he didn’t know that his family was keeping their faith secret in […]
Christian Mother in Somalia Divorced, Beaten
Muslim husband discovers her Bible.
August 16, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The husband of a 32-year-old mother of two children in Somalia had just discovered that his wife owned a Bible and demanded that she reveal who had given it to her. “I told my husband that I found the Bible in Nairobi and wanted to read it,” the secret Christian […]