JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In an ongoing campaign to rid the country of Christianity, officials in Sudan this week ordered all Christian schools in the capital to regard Sunday as a work day, sources said. The Ministry of General Education of Khartoum State sent a letter dated July 26 (Wednesday) ordering all Christian schools […]
Sudan Orders Christian Schools to Operate on Sundays
Educational institutions are not to take the day off.
July 28, 2017 By -
Christian Student Killed in Spate of Boko Haram Attacks in Northeast Nigeria
Student ministry quarters targeted.
July 20, 2017 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Among several Boko Haram bombings that have put northeastern Nigeria on edge this year was a suicide attack on Christian student organization quarters that killed a Christian student, sources said. Ambore Gideon Todi, a 21-year-old student at the University of Maiduguri in Borno state, was staying in the Evangelical Church […]
Converts in Iran Await Verdict after Delays
Spurious charge of acting against ‘national security’ leveled at Christians.
July 3, 2017 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four Iranian converts facing the possibility of up to six years in prison on charges of “acting against national security” are awaiting a verdict expected to be issued soon after numerous delays, according to human rights activists. During a June 14 hearing to hear the verdict in their case, pastor […]
Christian Sanitation Worker in Pakistan Dies after Hospital Refuses to Treat Him, Family Says
Muslim doctors said he was ‘unclean,’ brother says.
June 5, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan died on Thursday (June 1) after Muslim doctors refused to treat him for poisonous gas he was exposed to in a sewer, sources said. Doctors at Civil Hospital Medical refused to treat 28-year-old Irfan Masih of Umerkot City, Sindh Province, saying they did not […]
Nigeria Orders Christian Leaders to Cancel Mourning, Prayer Day for Killed Christians
Journalists, clergymen threatened for speaking out on violence.
March 17, 2017 By -
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 […]
Burma Army Admits Detaining Two Church Leaders
Pastors accused of aiding armed ethnic groups.
January 23, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Burma (Myanmar) army officials have confirmed that they arrested two pastors missing since Dec. 24 and accused them of aiding ethnic separatists. The Burma army accused Dom Dawng Nawng Latt and La Jaw Gam Hseng of serving as “informers and spreading false news on behalf of the armed insurgents” in […]
Christian Woman in Eastern Uganda Coerced into Taking Poison
One week after she receives Christ, Muslim relatives leave her to die.
January 5, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a young woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ at a Christmas service coerced her into taking poison at a New Year’s celebration, she said. Sandra Summaya, 24, of Bugayi village in Pallisa District, told Morning Star News that she converted to Christianity at […]
Authorities Foil Suspected Islamist Terror Attack in Melbourne, Australia
Anglican cathedral among targets.
December 23, 2016 By -
MELBOURNE, Australia (Morning Star News) – Police in Australia today arrested seven suspected Islamic terrorists after thwarting a planned bomb attack on three sites in Melbourne, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Some 400 heavily-armed police raided homes in five of Melbourne’s northwestern suburbs. The raids reportedly culminated weeks of intensive investigations and monitoring by Victoria Police, Australian […]
Kidnapped Woman’s Fate Still Unknown Two Years after Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill Husband
Four children left in uncle’s care.
November 9, 2016 By -
ANGWAN MALLAM CHUNG, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Sunday Maidawa, a Christian in this town in southern Kaduna state, feels the loss of his brother and sister-in-law daily in the four children left to him. Muslim Fulani herdsmen two years ago killed his brother, 34-year-old Dauda Maidawa, and kidnapped the slain Christian’s wife. Their children, ages […]
60-year-old Christian Killed as Violence Ruins Homes, Churches in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Muslim herdsmen attacks on individual farmers continue unabated.
September 2, 2016 By -
LAFIA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A 60-year-old Christian farmer was hacked to death with machetes last week, the latest victim of attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa state who have burned church buildings and homes and destroyed crops in the past four years. Barki Baikoh was working on his farm outside of Andaha town […]