NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of 11 who left Islam for Christianity was poisoned to death last week in a village in eastern Uganda, area sources said. Namumbeiza Swabura, mother of a 5-month-old baby, died on Wednesday (June 17) in Nabuli village, Kibuku District, after her sister-in-law visited her and offered to prepare […]
Christian Mother of 11 in Uganda Poisoned by Muslim In-Laws, Area Sources Say
Wife of former sheikh succumbs after sister-in-law feeds her.
June 23, 2015 By - 4 Comments
Widow of Slain Christian in Uganda Fears for Her Life
Hard-line Muslims send her death threats on mobile phone.
June 2, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
PALLISA, Uganda (Morning Star News) – The widow of a Christian shot to death by suspected hard-line Muslims in eastern Uganda fears for her life after receiving several death threats, she said. Agnes Nasubuga Nura, 28, said Muslim extremists killed her husband, Richard Lebon Suleiman, on Feb. 15 in Budaka, Pallisa District, 193 kilometers (119 miles) east […]
Christian Girl in Uganda Seriously Injured, Traumatized after Gang-Rape, Father Says
Muslim assailants had warned father to close church he pastors, he says.
April 14, 2015 By - 2 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Five Muslims in eastern Uganda gang-raped the 17-year-old daughter of a pastor because the church leader ignored their warnings that he stop worship services, she said. The daughter (name withheld) of the pastor of New Hope Church was approaching the church building at Kiryolo, Kaderuna Sub-County, Budaka District, at about […]
Christian Girl in Uganda Who Fled Beating by Muslim Uncle Mysteriously Dies
Muslim relatives in search of convert arrive at her hospital day before her death.
March 12, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 12, 2015 (Morning Star News) – A 16-year-old girl in Uganda who fled from a Muslim uncle who beat her for becoming a Christian mysteriously died on Sunday (March 8) after relatives searching for her discovered her whereabouts the previous day. Namwase Aisha died at 5:30 p.m. at Iganga Hospital in eastern […]
Muslim Uncle of Two Girls in Uganda Beats, Locks Them Up without Food
Sisters who became Christians on Sunday deprived of food until escape on Tuesday.
February 6, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The uncle of two Muslim girls in eastern Uganda who put their faith in Christ on Sunday (Feb. 1) beat them and locked them in a room without food for nearly three days, sources said. Nabagabana Fatuma, 14, and her 16-year-old sister, Namwase Aisha, need trauma counseling and medical […]
Imam in Uganda Allegedly Beats Daughter to Death for Converting to Christ
Father also seeks to kill her traumatized 12-year-old sister, sources say.
January 21, 2015 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized for two weeks after her Muslim father beat her and her sister for converting to Christ last month is traumatized after learning that her sister died from the assault, sources said. Naigaga Saidah’s father, Imam Abudalah Ali of Bwita mosque in Kaliro […]
African Shamans in Uganda Injure Christians, Damage Church Building
Animist leaders attack on orders of spirit-god of Lake Victoria, they say.
December 30, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – African shamans wielding clubs and stones stormed a church on a Ugandan island in Lake Victoria on Dec. 22, sending about 30 Christians to hospitals for treatment, the pastor said. Pastor Sarah Kalaja of Kisaba Prayer Palace Christian Church at Kisaba landing site on Bukasa Island, told Morning […]
How to Read a Persecution News Story
Pray – if you can figure out how.
November 1, 2014 By - 6 Comments
(Morning Star News) – Any of you who regularly follow persecution news may find that it gets hard to read after a while. In response to reader requests on how to deal with so much horrific news – one becomes either despondent or desensitized – I’ll share how I handle it. The horror of some […]
Daughter of Poisoned Christian in Uganda Strangled to Death
Muslim extremists threaten to kill former sheikh but instead attack 12-year-old girl.
June 26, 2014 By - 2 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hassan Muwanguzi, poisoned earlier this year in Uganda by Muslim relatives, did not expect the Muslim extremists who threatened to kill him on June 16 to murder his 12-year-old daughter. Muwanguzi did not recognize the four men who appeared at his door that evening and forced their way into his […]
Convert from Islam in Uganda, Former Sheikh, Says Muslim Relatives Poisoned Him
Doctors provide antidote for substance used in insecticide; more treatment sought.
April 8, 2014 By - 3 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in a village in eastern Uganda last week tried to poison him to death, the Christian told Morning Star News. Hassan Muwanguzi, who lost his wife and job as a schoolteacher shortly after his conversion in 2003, was hospitalized on March 31 in […]