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 […]
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 -
Muslims in Uganda Burn Home Where Boys Threatened with Violence Took Refuge
Separately, 27 Christians injured in attack on food project.
November 3, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Oct. 30) gutted the home of a Christian family for housing two boys threatened with violence for leaving Islam, sources said. Stephen Muganzi, 41, told Morning Star News that the two teenaged boys sought refuge with him on Oct. 16 in […]
Dangerous Area in Kaduna, Nigeria a Virtual Ghost Town; 13 More Deaths Discovered
Shocked survivors of attacks say they had no conflicts with herdsmen.
October 26, 2016 By -
DOGON FILI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Several people advised me that it was not safe to go to Godogodo in southern Kaduna state, but it was imperative to verify reports of violence against Christians in Nigeria, as authorities and mainstream media downplay persecution as “sectarian violence.” I was advised that if I must go, I […]
Islamic Extremists Kill 12 More People in Mandera, Kenya
Christians targeted in bomb-and-gun assault.
October 25, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists targeted Christians in the shooting deaths of 12 non-local Kenyans at a guest-house in Kenya’s northeastern town of Mandera early this morning, sources said. Somali Al Shabaab rebels took responsibility for the pre-dawn attack on the guest-house, where a Kenyan theatre troupe from outside the area was staying, […]
More than 48 Christians Killed in Kaduna, Nigeria Massacres
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack over the weekend and in late September.
October 19, 2016 By -
GODOGODO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed more than 40 Christians in an attack in this town in northern Nigeria on Saturday (Oct. 15) and left another eight dead in an assault three weeks earlier, area leaders said. Besides the eight slain on Sept. 24-26 in Godogodo, a predominantly Christian community in Kaduna […]
Church in Northern Kenya Fearful after Gruesome Attack on Christians
At least six dead in grenade and gun assault on ‘infidels.’
October 7, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Church members in a northeastern town in Kenya fear for their lives after Islamic extremists targeted Christians in a grenade and gun attack early Thursday morning (Oct. 6) that killed six people, sources said. Targeting predominantly Christian migrant workers from Kenya’s interior, rebels from Somalia’s Al Shabaab group reportedly took […]
Burning of Pastor’s House in Zanzibar, Tanzania Leaves Family of 11 Homeless
Muslim extremists suspected in attack on church leader’s home.
October 5, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor, his wife and their nine children have been sleeping on the floor of their small church building on the island of Zanzibar since Muslim extremists set their house on fire in August. Pastor Damson Maonesho has seen his 9-month-old baby contract pneumonia since his family had to […]
Woman in Uganda Beaten Unconscious for Attending Church Service
Neighbors restrain Muslim husband.
September 26, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Uganda beat his wife unconscious for attending a church service on Sept. 18, sources said. Hussein Kasolo had recently married Fatuma Baluka, 21-year-old daughter of an Islamic leader in a predominantly Muslim village, undisclosed for security reasons, in Eastern Uganda’s Budaka District. “When I arrived home, my […]
Muslim in Ethiopia Attacks Wife for Leaving Islam
Mother of three hospitalized for three days.
September 21, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in Ethiopia had been a Christian for six weeks when her husband found out and beat her for leaving Islam, sources said. Habiba Ibrahim, a 34-year-old mother of three in Bokulu Boma, Ethiopia, received hospital treatment for three days after the assault earlier this month by her husband, […]
Muslim Rebels Massacre Christians in Central African Republic
Seleka militants attack civilians.
September 19, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim militants slaughtered 26 civilians in a predominantly Christian village in the Central African Republic on Friday (Sept. 16), the worst violence in the embattled country in months, sources said. Rebels from the former Seleka group attacked the village of Ndomete, about 220 miles north of the capital city of […]