NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists raped a church pastor on Dec. 21 in eastern Uganda, sources said. The female pastor, whose identity is withheld for her protection, was returning to her home in Kapyani, Kibuku District, from Christmas preparations at her church site at about 7 p.m. when someone near the swamps of […]
Muslim Extremists Rape Pastor in Eastern Uganda, Sources Say
Widowed mother of five targeted for her faith.
December 30, 2020 By -
Seven Christians Killed in Christmas Eve Attacks in Nigeria
More than 30 Christians killed in prior attacks in Kaduna state, sources say.
December 27, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants killed seven Christians in Christmas Eve attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, according to area residents, while two people were reportedly killed in neighboring Adamawa state. Residents of the villages of Pemi and Debro, near Chibok, Borno state said the insurgents were members of Islamic extremist group […]
Muslim in Uganda Forces Christian Wife to Drink Pesticide
Woman beaten unconscious after discovery of Bibles.
December 17, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 38-year-old mother of three in eastern Uganda had secretly put her faith in Christ for three months before her Muslim husband found two Bibles in her suitcase. On that day, Nov. 21, in Bugiri District’s Matovu village, Zubeda Nabirye’s husband asked her why she had the two Bibles, one […]
Jihadist Militants Slaughter Christians in Congo, Sources Say
Clergyman loses wife, four children in horrific attack.
December 1, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected members of an insurgent jihadist group slaughtered 20 Christians in villages in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25, area sources said. The Islamic State-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are suspected in the attacks on villages in North Kivu Province, […]
Christians Killed in Central and Southwestern Nigeria
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill pastor in Ekiti state.
November 29, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian communities in Kaduna state on Saturday night and Sunday morning (Nov. 28-29) killed seven Christians, two days after a pastor was slain in southwestern Nigeria, sources said. The “Fulani terrorists” in Kaduna state also kidnapped two children and wounded four people in the attacks […]
Pastor, Two Christian Boys Killed in Islamist Attacks in Uganda
Native missionary, 12-year-old son slain after visiting Congo border.
November 26, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a former sheikh in eastern Uganda who refused to renounce Christ killed his 6-year-old son on Monday (Nov. 23), two days after Islamists in the western part of the country killed a pastor and his 12-year-old son, sources said. Following a two-hour meeting with Muslim relatives in […]
Christian Leaders Urge Prayer for Nigeria’s Forgotten Victims
Violence escalating despite pleas to government, Family Research Council reports.
November 19, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Their pleas for government help falling on deaf ears, Christian leaders issued calls for prayer this month as Islamic extremist groups continued terrorizing northeast Nigeria. In the wake of attacks and kidnappings by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), leaders of the […]
Fulani Kill Four Christians, Abduct Others in North-Central Nigeria
In northwest, five daughters of pastor kidnapped.
November 12, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani killed four Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Nov. 6) and the next day kidnapped seven persons, including five daughters of a church pastor, according to a local advocacy group. Surviving witnesses in Kaduna state’s Dande village, part of Kasaya in Chikun County, described the killers as armed […]
Muslims Ambush, Kill Pastor after Radio Broadcast in Uganda
Community mourns loss of well-known preacher.
November 6, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists killed a pastor in northern Uganda on Saturday (Oct. 31) after he compared Christianity and Islam in a radio broadcast, sources said. David Omara, 64-year-old pastor of Christian Church Center and a well-known radio preacher in the area, was beaten and strangled after finishing his broadcast in Aduku, […]
Muslim Fulani Seize Christian Villages in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Three Christians killed in late October, rights advocate says.
November 5, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Having taken over more than 100 once predominantly Christian villages in four counties of southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, Muslim Fulani militia killed three more Christians in late October. a rights advocate said. Fulani attacks in the areas have driven 50,000 people to live with relatives or in camps for Internally […]