JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have executed a Christian university student kidnapped earlier this month in northeast Nigeria, sources said. In a video that Site Intelligence Group reported was released on the Islamic State’s Amaq news website, a boy of indeterminate age with a pistol shoots and kills Ropvil Daciya Dalep, […]
Kidnapped Christian Student Executed by Islamic Extremists in Northeast Nigeria
Lutheran pastor shot to death in Adamawa state.
January 23, 2020 By -
Boko Haram Executes Brethren Pastor in Northeast Nigeria
Christian leader in Adamawa state sought rescue but entrusted his fate to God.
January 21, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Lawan Andimi had a treasured life – loving family, an affectionate congregation, respect from his colleagues. The kidnapped district chairman of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) in Michika County, in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, had stated in a video that he trusted in God […]
Two Young Christian Women Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Five kidnapped aid workers released.
January 20, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17), sources said. The herdsmen on motorbikes rode into Gora-Gan village in Zango Kataf County at about 5 p.m. shooting villagers on sight, according to a local resident. Luka Biniyat, spokesman for the […]
Order Issued to Close Church Building in Oran, Algeria, Christian Leaders Say
Former provincial governor maintained pressure to seal building.
January 17, 2020 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – An order to close a church building in the city of Oran, Algeria was issued last fall but was not conveyed to the pastor until last weekend, sources said. Pastor Rachid Seighir did not receive the Nov. 10, 2019 closure order until Saturday (Jan. 11), he said. “This official […]
Large-Scale Killings, Kidnappings Hit Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Sources Say
Thousands displaced – then told to pay ransoms.
January 15, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – More than 200 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly Christian villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria since Jan. 6, killing at least 35 people and kidnapping 58 others, including a mother and her 6-month-old baby, sources said. Armed with AK-47s, the herdsmen on motorcycles rampaged through 10 predominantly Christian […]
Christian Woman en Route to Her Wedding, 10 Others Killed in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants intercept, behead them, sources say.
January 13, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed a woman and her bridal party in northeast Nigeria days before her planned New Year’s Eve wedding, and eight other Christians were killed in separate attacks, sources said. Martha Bulus and her two bridesmaids were stopped on Dec. 26 as they made their way […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians, Wound Three in Central Nigeria
Attack in Plateau state, kidnapping in Kaduna state, follow video of executions.
January 10, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria on Wednesday (Jan. 8), the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state. About 20 herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian village of Kulben, in Plateau state’s Mangu County, at about 8 p.m., area […]
Harsh Sentence for Pastor Wang Signals Severe Crackdown in China, Sources Say
Early Rain Covenant Church leader given nine years in prison.
January 3, 2020 By -
(Morning Star News) – The sentencing of pastor Wang Yi to nine years in prison this week for “subversion” and “illegal business activities” shows how authorities in China are increasingly intolerant of unregistered churches, sources said. Pastor Wang of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, was sentenced in closed-door […]
Christians in India Spend Christmas in Jail, Accused of Illegally Practicing Medicine
Law on unregistered medical practice invoked for healing prayer.
January 2, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians arrested in central India after Hindu nationalist, tribal villagers disrupted their worship service spent Christmas in jail before they were released on bail after 11 days – accused of illegally practicing medicine. Pastor Mukam Kiraad, 35, along with two members of his church, 40-year-old Lalsingh Tomar and 38-year-old […]
Christmas Celebrations Mark Progress of Religious Freedom in Sudan
Muslim government officials attend yuletide service of long-persecuted church.
December 30, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – In stark contrast to his predecessor, Sudan’s new minister of religious affairs last week attended a long-persecuted church’s Christmas service. Following the Sudanese government’s announcement of Christmas as a public holiday for the first time in eight years, Minister of Religious Affairs Nasr al-Din Mufreh accompanied senior government officials […]