Evangelist Slain for Leading Muslims to Christ in Uganda

Assailants said he was not supposed to live, eyewitness says.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on Sept. 6 beat a 33-year-old evangelist to death for leading Muslims to faith in Christ at an event in eastern Uganda, sources said. After the evangelistic event in Kituuti town, Philip Bere was pulled from his bicycle while returning to Katiryo, Kibuku District and killed when the […]

Pastor, Two other Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria

ECWA leader taken from his home early Wednesday morning. 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Gunmen early Wednesday (Sept. 13) kidnapped a pastor and two other Christians in Jos East County, Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Usman Umaru of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped at about 5:40 a.m. when the gunmen broke into his home on the ECWA premises, said […]

Terrorists Kill 37 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen and others massacre 10 on Sunday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed 10 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, where 27 others were slain in August, sources said. The terrorists attacked Kulben village, Mangu County, at about 8:40 p.m., an area resident said. “Armed Fulani herdsmen alongside terrorists attacked Kulben community, killing 10 […]

Terrorists Kill Christian Couple in Taraba State, Nigeria 

Others wounded, six kidnapped in attack. 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists entering a town in Taraba state, Nigeria at about 2 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed two Christians, wounded several others and kidnapped six people, sources said. “Six Christians were kidnapped by terrorists in the Mile Six area of Jalingo,” area resident Emmanuel Moses told Morning Star News in […]

Seminary Student Burned to Death in Attack in Nigeria 

Catholic dies in terrorists' attempted kidnapping of priest in Kaduna state.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Assailants in an area of Nigeria where Fulani terrorists have operated freely burned a Catholic seminary student to death Thursday night (Sept. 7) in a failed kidnapping attempt, sources said. In an attack at about 8 p.m. on the rectory of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Fadan Kamantan, in southern […]

Terrorists Kidnap Two Christians, Kill Baptist Pastor in Nigeria

Kaduna state remains a hotbed of violence.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Christians were kidnapped on Friday (Aug. 25) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, two days after gunmen described as terrorists killed a Baptist pastor in another area of the state, sources said. Terrorists on Friday night (Aug. 25) invaded the predominantly Christian community of Wusasa, Zaria, and kidnapped the two Christians, […]

Evangelist, other Christians in Uganda Assaulted

Islamist ire kindled at evangelistic event.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims at an open-air evangelistic event in eastern Uganda on Aug. 11 assaulted a preacher and more than 20 other Christians for his teaching about Christ’s divinity, sources said. Robert Faisali Miya, a 34-year-old father of four, was also struck with a thorny object and stomped on during the […]

Pastor Beaten Unconscious while Speaking at Funeral

Hard-line Muslims attack church leader in eastern Uganda.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims threw stones at a pastor in eastern Uganda and beat him unconscious as he spoke at a funeral using both the Bible and the Koran, he said from his hospital bed. Pastor Davidson Okirori, 39, said he was officiating a funeral for one of his church members on […]

Muslim in Uganda Allegedly Kills Wife for Converting to Christianity

Mother of three slain the same day she receives Christ.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda on July 9 killed his wife for converting to Christianity that morning, a relative said. Amina Nanfuka, 31, had returned from a medical check-up in Kampala and a visit to a worship service in the capital city to her home in Bugiri town, Bugiri District, […]

Terrorists Kill 37 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria 

Massacres over three weeks continue recent trend in state.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (July 16) killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain the past three weeks in the state, sources said. The assailants arrived on motorcycles at the predominantly Christian villages of Igba-Ukyor and Tse Baka villages, Ushongo County, at […]