JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and suspected local Muslims killed 40 Christians in and near Jos, Nigeria in attacks on Aug. 25 and Aug. 15, sources said. Armed with machetes and guns, herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian community of Yelwa Zangam, Jos North County on the night of Aug. 25, killing 16 Christians […]
Christians Slain in and near Jos, Nigeria, including 12 Children
Suspected local Muslims kill seven church members, herdsmen kill 33.
September 6, 2021 By -
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 36 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Anglican bishop laments government inaction.
August 30, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 36 Christians in multiple attacks in Kaduna state, Nigeria this month with impunity, while a church leader complained that authorities arrested only Christians for defending themselves. The attacks from Aug. 4 to Saturday (Aug. 28) on Zangon Kataf, Kaura and Chikun counties took the lives of 17 […]
Muslim Relatives Set Lethal Trap for Convert to Christianity
Former itinerant sheikh beaten, buried alive.
August 26, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former Islamic teacher in Uganda who became a Christian set a trap for him last month, hiring killers to bury him alive in a large ant mound, sources said. Saban Sajabi, 32, had gained repute as an itinerant sheikh, teaching Islam in various mosques and schools […]
Soldiers Complicit in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria, Christians Say
30,000 people displaced, 500 homes burned this month.
August 25, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria, while in other areas soldiers helped herdsmen destroy farmland, Christian leaders said. Muslim Fulanis killed 70 Christians, displaced 30,000 others and burned 500 homes in attacks on villages […]
Muslim Father Kills Son for His Christian Faith, Sources Say
Young convert in Uganda refused to recant.
August 19, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim father of a 20-year-old convert to Christianity in Uganda on Sunday (Aug. 15) killed him for refusing to recant his faith, sources said. Kasimu Kawona of Bupalama village, Buseta Sub-County in Kibuku District was not charged with murder but a lesser charge of manslaughter because he killed his […]
Woman Survives Attempt on Her Life for Becoming Christian
Brother brandishes knife and spear shouting jihadist slogan, she says.
August 16, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a woman in eastern Uganda attacked her with a knife and spear on Aug. 8 after discovering she was a Christian, the mother of two said. In a village near Kasasira, Kibuku District undisclosed for security reasons, Harriet Nanzala said she had kept her faith secret […]
Mother Beaten Unconscious for Leaving Islam, Marrying Christian
Muslim father forces her to ingest mosquito repellant, she says.
August 9, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of four children in eastern Uganda remains in pain after her Muslim father beat her and forced her to take mosquito repellant when he learned that she had left Islam and her Muslim husband and married a Christian, sources said. When Hajira Namusobya, 34, visited her family in […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in North-Central Nigeria
Cleric kidnapped along with sons and nephew.
July 28, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on Saturday (July 24) killed a Christian pastor they had kidnapped two weeks before, a church source said. The Rev. Danlami Yakwoi of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped on July 12 along with two of his sons and a nephew in Tawari, […]
Area in Nigeria Attacked Unimpeded for One Week
At least 33 dead, four church buildings burned.
July 18, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria unimpeded from July 8 to Wednesday (July 14), killing 33 Christians, sources said. “My mother’s village, Warkan, was attacked by Fulani herdsmen – several houses were burned, and I lost my uncle, his wife and children, eight family members in one […]
Muslim Brother of Christian Attacks Him with Machete
Recent convert refuses to renounce Christ.
July 14, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 39-year-old man in eastern Uganda who recently put his faith in Christ is still recovering from a machete blow to his head by a Muslim relative in late June, sources said. Abudlawali Kijwalo, who comes from family of devoted sheikhs and hajjis (pilgrims to Mecca), was grazing his cattle […]