NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A local group of Muslim extremists on Oct. 30 killed an evangelist in eastern Uganda after he and another Christian refused to convert to Islam, the other Christian said. After three days of a scheduled six-day evangelistic event at Nawaikoke trading center in Kaliro District at which 18 Muslims put […]
Christian Slain after Helping to Lead 18 Muslims to Christ
Evangelist and friend refused to convert to Islam.
Herdsmen Kill Three Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Spike in violence in central part of country continues.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Nov. 3) ambushed and killed a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria, a week after a Christian and his mother in the Jos North area were slain, sources said. In Daika village, Mangu County south of Jos, 30-year-old Fwangshak Lesun was ambushed and shot death […]
Christians Appeal for Help amid Slaughters in Central Nigeria
Priests kidnapped in southern part of country.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed six Christians on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 1-2) in Benue state, Nigeria after slaughtering 15 Christians in a nearby village two days prior, sources said. In Ayilomo, a predominantly Christian village in Logo County, Fulani herdsmen attacked at about 6 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 1), […]
Women, Children among Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen attack villages in Kachia area of Kaduna state.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Nov. 1) kidnapped four Christians in an attack on villages in north-central Nigeria, sources said. One woman was among the four Christians abducted from two predominantly Christian villages, Mai-Iddo and Arikon, in Kachia County, Kaduna state, said area resident Festus Audu. He identified the […]
Pastor, Family Killed in One of Two Islamist Attacks
Church leader threatened after leading Muslims to Christ.
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamist villagers in eastern Uganda burned a pastor and his family to death after he led three Muslims to faith in Christ, the pastor’s brother said. Pastor Weere Mukisa, his 25-year-old wife Annet Namugaya and their two daughters, 7-year-old Judith Banirye and 4-year-old Sylvia Bamukisa, died when the assailants set […]
Christian Convert in Somalia Suffers Third Attack
Muslim relatives suspect him of leading Christian worship.
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Somalia who was attacked in May and July was again assaulted on Oct. 5 after Muslim relatives suspected him of leading Christian prayer meetings, he said. Mohammad Abdul was leading worship behind locked doors at his home in an undisclosed town in Lower Juba Region […]
Four Christians Killed in Benue State, Central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen strike in two different areas.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Wednesday (Oct. 9) and two others in another part of the state on Oct. 3, local sources said. In northeastern Benue state’s Logo County, herdsmen on Wednesday attacked the village of Ayilamo, killing university student Solomon Kwanta […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill Seven Christians in Central Nigeria
Area residents decry lack of government action.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Oct. 1), attacked a predominantly Christian village in central Nigeria, killing seven people, area residents said. The herdsmen raided Egwuma village, Agatu County, Benue state at about 5 p.m., said Philip Ebenyakwu, chairman of the Agatu Local Government Council in a press statement. “They […]
Herdsmen Kill Christians in Northern and Central Nigeria
Two slain in Kaduna state, three in Nasarawa state.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 29) ambushed and killed two Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria, area residents said. Brothers Raymond Timothy and James Timothy were shot to death as they went to check crops on their farm in Bakin Kogi, a predominantly Christian community in Kauru County. “The […]
Herdsmen Kill Christians in Plateau State, Central Nigeria
Massacres continue in central part of country.
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian on Thursday (Sept. 26) in one area of Plateau state after the killing of eight others on Sept. 15 in another part of the state, sources said. In the attack on Hwrra village in Miango District, Bassa County on Thursday (Sept. 26), armed […]