NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – While Muslim villagers continue to persecute Christians in eastern Uganda, Islamists last month killed a Christian in the western part of the country, sources said. The blood-stained body of a convert from Islam, 32-year-old Enoch Shaban, was found hanging from a tree in Mbarara District. An area resident in Kitebero Cell, […]
Persecution in Eastern Uganda Persists as Christian Convert Is Killed in Western Area
Muslim relatives poison woman, she says.
September 8, 2016 By -
60-year-old Christian Killed as Violence Ruins Homes, Churches in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Muslim herdsmen attacks on individual farmers continue unabated.
September 2, 2016 By -
LAFIA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A 60-year-old Christian farmer was hacked to death with machetes last week, the latest victim of attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa state who have burned church buildings and homes and destroyed crops in the past four years. Barki Baikoh was working on his farm outside of Andaha town […]
Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill Pastor, Others, as Policy to Settle Cattlemen Decried
Farmers protest violence, Kaduna government land plans.
September 1, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – As farmers lamented policies designating land for cattlemen in northern Nigeria, suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor and four other Christians in Kaduna state on Aug. 19. Pastor Luka Ubangari of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) at Angwan Anjo village, near Godogodo in the Jema’a Local Government […]
Student Counters Official Version of Eight Christians Killed in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Muslim students had long sought to kill Christian student, he says.
August 30, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Contrary to the state government version of an attack in northwestern Nigeria last week, a Christian at the school where Muslim students killed eight people said all the victims were Christians. The Christian student told Morning Star News by phone that the Christian student at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, in Talata […]
Seven Christians Killed in North-Central Nigeria by Muslim Fulani Cattle Herders
Faction of Boko Haram, said to be arming herdsmen, releases Chibok girls video.
August 17, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked a predominantly Christian village in north-central Nigeria on Saturday (Aug. 13), killing seven Christians, sources said. Two weeks after herdsmen attacked a nearby area in Kaduna state, the assailants attacked Golkofa village in the same state’s Jema’a Local Government Area on Saturday night, they said. “The […]
At least 13 Christians Killed in Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Three churches scattered as hundreds flee violence.
August 10, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked a cluster of predominantly Christian villages in Kaduna state last week, killing at least 13 Christians and scattering members of three churches, area sources said. A survivor of the attacks told Morning Star News that the herdsmen killed two Christian women in Ninte village in the […]
Youths in Eastern Uganda Pay Heavy Price for Turning to Christ
Children lose families; high school student suffers serious head injury.
August 5, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Eight children from four families have taken refuge with Christians in eastern Uganda after their parents beat and disowned them for leaving Islam or animism, sources said. In another village in eastern Uganda, a high school student is recovering from a serious head injury inflicted by the Muslim father of […]
Pastor in Eastern Uganda Killed for Evangelizing Muslims, Refusing to Sell Land
Church leader had received several threats.
July 29, 2016 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Upset with a pastor for evangelizing and refusing to sell them land for a mosque, Muslims in eastern Uganda tied him up and killed him on Sunday (July 24), sources said. Pastor Robert Bakulubanywa of Bubulanga Victory Church in Bubulanga village, Kibuku District, was on his way home from an […]
Islamist Militants Kill Nine Christians in Democratic Republic of Congo
Armed assailants suspected of belonging to Ugandan militant group.
July 25, 2016 By -
(Morning Star News) – Uniformed men suspected of belonging to the Muslim Defense International (MDI) Islamist militant group have killed five women and four men near a predominantly Christian town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two months after a massacre in the same area. Armed with guns and machetes, the suspected militants from the […]
Baptist Pastor Loses Hand to Muslim Fulani Herdsman in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Second pastor in the state attacked on his farm in one week.
July 22, 2016 By -
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two days after a slain pastor in one part of Nasarawa state, Nigeria was buried, a Muslim Fulani herder in another part of the state cut off part of the hand of another pastor working on his farm. The Rev. Hamza Alkali, 66, had to have the rest of his […]