(Morning Star News) – Nigerian Islamic extremists have released a French Roman Catholic priest they kidnapped in Cameroon in November, according to published reports. Members of the Islamic extremist terrorist organization Boko Haram freed Georges Vandenbeusch on Tuesday (Dec. 31) but received no ransom money, according to Agence France-Press (AFP). Vandenbeusch, abducted from Cameroon near […]
Boko Haram Frees French Priest Kidnapped in Cameroon
Nigerian terrorist organization says it received no ransom.
January 6, 2014 By -
Terrorist Influence on Herdsmen Seen in Killing of 12 Christians in Nigeria
Ethnic Fulanis kill more children as they sleep.
December 21, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – As violence against Christians hit in central Nigeria again this week, there are indications that Muslim Fulani herdsmen are working with Islamic extremist groups made up in part of foreigners. The Rev. Yiman Orkwar, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Makurdi in Benue state, told Morning Star News that […]
At least 205 Christians Killed by Fulani Herdsmen in Benue State, Nigeria
Thousands displaced, church services halted.
December 17, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Reports of Christians attacked in central and northern Nigeria draw more attention, but in more southerly Benue state Islamic extremists killed at least 205 Christians in the last six months alone, sources said. In the southeastern part of Nigeria’s middle belt, Benue state’s Agatu Local Government Area saw deadly attacks […]
School Principal Attacked as New Education Policy Takes Effect in Osun, Nigeria
Christian leaders say government trying to Islamicize schools.
December 13, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Educational reforms in Nigeria’s Osun state have created religious tensions in schools, resulting in Islamist youths beating a Christian principal unconscious last month, Christian leaders said. The state in southwestern Nigeria reclassified schools in September, thus merging those originally founded by Christian missionaries with other schools. The mergers, including the […]
In Nigeria and Abroad, Boko Haram Finally Gets Recognition It Deserves
Terrorist group likely abducted French priest in Cameroon for helping Nigerian refugees.
November 29, 2013 By -
WASHINGTON (Morning Star News) – The same day Islamic extremists from the Nigerian rebel Boko Haram abducted a French priest in Cameroon, Nov. 13, the U.S. State Department designated the group a terrorist organization. After more than a decade of increasingly sophisticated violence by Boko Haram, the designation of it and its sister organization, Ansura, as […]
Islamic Extremists Kill at Least 71 Christians in Nigeria
Suspected Fulani herdsmen slaughter 37 in Plateau state; Boko Haram attacks in Borno.
November 26, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim herdsmen slaughtered 37 Christians in coordinated attacks on four Plateau state villages early this morning after Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 34 Christians in Borno state earlier this month, sources said. In attacks on the four predominantly Christian villages that started at 1 a.m. in the Barkin […]
Two Small Children among Four Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
Ethnic Fulani herdsmen again suspected.
November 14, 2013 By -
JOS, NIGERIA (Morning Star News) – Gunmen who killed four family members in their home in Plateau state this month, including 2-year-old and 4-year-old boys, were likely Muslim herdsmen, church leaders said. In Rantis village, 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Jos, the suspected ethnic Fulani Muslims launched a guerilla attack on a home at about […]
Boko Haram Violence Cripples Christianity in Areas of Nigeria’s Borno State
Thousands flee attacks; public worship impossible for some who remain.
November 6, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist Boko Haram insurgents have driven thousands of Christians from areas of Borno state, with some of those remaining unable to hold worship services, church leaders said. Boko Haram attacks that killed at least 150 members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria, or […]
Officials in Nigeria Portray Slaughter of Christian Family as Result of ‘Cattle Theft’
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill three generations in their home.
October 17, 2013 By -
BAKIN KOGI FORON, Nigeria, October 17, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in three villages in this area in Plateau state last week in what authorities called a cattle-rustling attempt, but a visit to the home where eight members of one family were killed revealed the presence of no cows. […]
Muslim Herdsmen, Islamic Extremists Kill More Christians in Nigeria
Ethnic Fulanis murder 15 in Kaduna state; Boko Haram suspected in slaying of Anglican priest in Yobe state.
September 29, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim herdsmen killed 15 Christians in Nigeria’s Kaduna state Saturday morning (Sept. 28), two days after suspected Islamic extremists in Yobe state killed an Anglican pastor and his son, sources said. The ethnic Fulani Muslims in Kaduna state in central Nigeria, where attacks against Christians have increased markedly in the […]