NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamists upset by a Christian-Muslim debate are suspected in the killing of a long-time evangelist in eastern Uganda who led many Muslims to Christ, sources said. The mutilated body of Samson Nfunyeku was found close to his home in Kalampete village, Kibuku District early on Sept. 23, after the latest […]
Evangelist in Eastern Uganda Killed after Muslim-Christian Debate
Islamists had threatened church lay leader.
October 15, 2015 By -
Three Church Buildings Torched in Tanzania
Frightened congregations without places to worship.
September 26, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze on Tuesday (Sept. 22) in an area of northwestern Tanzania where Muslim extremists have issued threats, pastors said. A pastor of one of the three churches whose buildings were gutted, Vedasto Athanas of Living Water International church, said area Christians are worried and frightened […]
College Student in Uganda Whose Family Left Islam Is Beaten, Raped
Assailants spoke of killing her, 19-year-old says.
September 18, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three men eat and raped a 19-year-old Catholic woman in Uganda last week, sources said. The student at St. Mary’s Teachers College in Bukedea, in the district of the same name about 50 miles from Mbale in Eastern Uganda, said she was returning from class on Sept. 9 when she […]
Somali Christians Fleeing Islamic Extremists Lose Family, Fingers
Converts from Islam in Somaliland, Somalia pay price for faith.
August 31, 2015 By -
HARGEISA, Somaliland (Morning Star News) – Desperate to avoid arrest in Somaliland for leaving Islam, one Christian fled to Ethiopia, while another in Somalia escaped kidnappers after losing fingers for his faith. Sharif (full name withheld for security reasons) said he had to leave his wife and four children behind in order to sneak out of […]
Muslim Relatives Attack Mother, Sons in Uganda for Turning to Christ
Husband who beat, strangled wife leaves her and son for dead.
August 14, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda beat and left for dead his wife and 18-year-old son on Tuesday (Aug. 11) after learning they had converted to Christianity, area sources said. Issa Kasoono beat and strangled his wife, Jafalan Kadondi, in Nsinze village, Namutumba District, but she survived, said a source who requested […]
Islamic Extremists in Uganda Try to Kill Former Sheikh Who Survived Poisoning
Evangelist lost 12-year-old daughter to killers last year.
July 9, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Twice in the past two weeks, Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda have tried to kill a former sheikh known throughout the region for his Christian activities, the former Islamic teacher told Morning Star News. Hassan Muwanguzi, an evangelist in Budaka District whose conversion and ministry success led hard-line Muslims to […]
Al Shabaab Mounts another Attack on Non-Muslims near Mandera, Kenya
At least 17 killed, 11 injured.
July 8, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists with Somalia-based Al Shabaab killed 17 quarry workers in northern Kenya early Tuesday morning (July 7), including several Christians, sources said. The attack in Soko Mbuzi, near Mandera, took place at about 1 a.m. as the workers slept in tents outside two houses their employer rented for them, […]
Christian Mother of 11 in Uganda Poisoned by Muslim In-Laws, Area Sources Say
Wife of former sheikh succumbs after sister-in-law feeds her.
June 23, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of 11 who left Islam for Christianity was poisoned to death last week in a village in eastern Uganda, area sources said. Namumbeiza Swabura, mother of a 5-month-old baby, died on Wednesday (June 17) in Nabuli village, Kibuku District, after her sister-in-law visited her and offered to prepare […]
Muslims in Zanzibar Take Worship Hall, Bleed Another Church with Court Costs
Pastor forced to change homes four times in two years.
June 22, 2015 By -
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania have driven a pastor and father of five into hiding and taken over his church’s rented worship hall, he said. “I have changed my place of residence four times since 2012” due to threats from area Muslims, […]
Widow of Slain Christian in Uganda Fears for Her Life
Hard-line Muslims send her death threats on mobile phone.
June 2, 2015 By -
PALLISA, Uganda (Morning Star News) – The widow of a Christian shot to death by suspected hard-line Muslims in eastern Uganda fears for her life after receiving several death threats, she said. Agnes Nasubuga Nura, 28, said Muslim extremists killed her husband, Richard Lebon Suleiman, on Feb. 15 in Budaka, Pallisa District, 193 kilometers (119 miles) east […]