ADUWAN, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Christian children fleeing from gunmen saved their lives by hiding among the rock formations towering over the eastern side of this northern village, but a 6-month-old baby and a 13-year-old girl never got the chance. The infant, Alexander Blessed, and the girl, Happiness Adamu, were the youngest of five […]
Five Lives Lost in Attack on Christian Area of Northern Nigeria
Suspected Muslim Fulani gunmen target funeral where Christians were gathered.
March 19, 2013 By -
Six Children Killed in Slaughter of Families in Plateau State, Nigeria
Islamic extremists suspected in murder of 10 Christians in village near Jos.
March 8, 2013 By -
KOGOM TAH, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Regina Luka does not know whether it was rogue soldiers or Islamic terrorists who invaded her dual-family dwelling here and killed 10 Christians; she only knows her husband and two young children are dead. The 20-year-old Luka was recovering from gunshot and machete wounds on her legs and […]
Christian Shot Dead near Kismayo, Somalia
Suspected Islamic extremists kill father of four who dared to hint at his faith.
February 28, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian to death this month on the outskirts of the coastal city of Kismayo, sources said. Two masked men killed Ahmed Ali Jimale, a 42-year-old father of four, on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. as he stood outside his house in Alanley […]
Nigerian Town’s Christians Paralyzed amid Islamic Extremist Attacks
Killings by suspected Islamic extremists make going to church – or buying groceries – difficult.
February 28, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – In Mubi in northeastern Nigeria, Christians do not dare step out of their homes after 8 p.m., church leaders say. And many Christians are too afraid of Islamic extremist attacks to attend church services. This month suspected members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed eight members of […]
Nigerian Army Chief Says Officer Had Prior Knowledge of Church Bombing
Former college commandant denies allegations; Boko Haram members arrested
February 27, 2013 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nigerian military authorities say the commandant at a military college in Kaduna state had prior knowledge of the Nov. 25, 2012 bombing that killed 20 Christians at the institution’s chapel. Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Isa knew of Islamic extremist plans to attack the St. Andrews Chapel at the Command and Staff […]
Islamic Extremists Suspected in Killing of Catholic Priest in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Second priest shot on the Muslim-majority archipelago in less than two months.
February 20, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Sunday (Feb. 17) shot and killed a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, area sources said. Two assailants on a motorbike approached the Rev. Evaristus Mushi as he arrived in his car to the Mass he was about to officiate in the […]
Nigerian President Defends Security amid Reports of Slaughters
One massacre confirmed while administration denies another.
January 5, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan defended his administration’s efforts to protect churches as he visited a worship service in Abuja last Sunday (Dec. 30), amid disputed reports of massacred Christians in Borno state. While the administration says it found press reports of a massacre of 15 Christians in Chibok, Borno […]
Catholic Priest Seriously Wounded in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Suspected Islamist extremists shoot clergyman through cheeks on Christmas Day.
December 30, 2012 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Christmas Day shot a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, seriously wounding him, area church leaders said. Two assailants on a motorcycle shot the Rev. Ambrose Mkenda through his cheeks and in the shoulder before 8 p.m. as he arrived home in […]
12 Christians Killed in Christmas Bloodshed in Nigeria
Gunmen attack two churches in Borno, Yobe states on Christmas Eve.
December 26, 2012 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Christmas Eve attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria’s Borno state – already reeling from the slaughter of at least 10 Christians earlier this month – took the lives of six people at a Baptist church, as gunmen killed six others in Yobe state the same night. In […]
Christian Shot to Death in Somalia
Unknown gunmen kill father of five for leaving Islam.
December 14, 2012 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Gunmen in central Somalia on Saturday (Dec. 8) killed an underground Christian who had been receiving death threats for leaving Islam, area sources said. Two unidentified masked men shot Mursal Isse Siad, 55, outside his home in Beledweyne, 206 miles (332 kilometers) north of Mogadishu, for leaving Islam, Muslim […]