NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists on Sept. 24 sustained deep knife wounds after leading several Muslims to Christ at debates on Islam and Christianity in eastern Uganda, sources said. Andrew Dikusooka, 35, and 26-year-old Ronald Musasizi had debated Islamic scholars in several areas around Iganga District, and some attacked them after a Sept. […]
Evangelists Sustain Knife Wounds after Debates in Uganda
Muslims upset after event leads many to Christ.
October 7, 2022 By -
Christian Woman on Trial for Blasphemy in Northeast Nigeria
Charges based on a WhatsApp message she shared.
October 5, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in northeast Nigeria is on trial after being held incommunicado for more than four months on blasphemy charges for forwarding a WhatsApp message, sources said. Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, 45, was arrested in Bauchi state in May after receiving a WhatsApp message from Ghana condemning the gruesome killing […]
Christians Beaten, Lose Homes in Separate Attacks
Muslims in Uganda injure father in one area and mother in another.
October 3, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Uganda upset with a father of four for converting to Christianity beat him and destroyed his home, and a week later a 52-year-old convert in a neighboring district also suffered injuries that left her unable to walk, sources said. In Bulumba Sub-County, Kaliro District, 38-year-old Musa Wabwire was […]
Christians Slain in Kano and Plateau States, Nigeria
Islamic State, Fulani herdsmen suspected.
September 30, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 25) killed two Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria after Islamic State terrorists allegedly killed two others in the city of Kano on Saturday (Sept. 24), sources said. In northern Nigeria’s Kano state, suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) shot the […]
Dozens More Christians Killed in Benue State, Nigeria
Many others are critically wounded.
September 27, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Continuing attacks earlier this month in Benue state, Nigeria, suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed dozens of Christians on Friday (Sept. 23) and Wednesday (Sept. 21), sources said. The terrorists attacked six predominantly Christian villages in Benue state’s Togo County on Friday (Sept. 23), destroying lives, houses and farms […]
Hindu Relatives Suspected of Killing Christian in India
Family members threatened to burn him alive, sources say.
September 23, 2022 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India suspect a church member’s Hindu family killed him last month for refusing to renounce his faith, sources said. In West Bengal state’s Gobindapur village, Jhargram District, Hindu relatives of Madhab Gorai had threatened to burn him to death and feared his faith jeopardized his daughter’s impending […]
Kidnappers Raid Denomination in Two Areas of Nigeria
Scores of Christians abducted in north-central and northwestern states.
September 22, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Saturday (Sept. 17) abducted dozens of Christians from a church service in northwest Nigeria, less than a week after kidnapping nearly 60 members of the same denomination in the north-central part of the country, sources said. In northwest Nigeria, the suspected herdsmen and other terrorists who […]
Apostasy Charges against Christians in Sudan Dismissed
Judge cites nullification of apostasy law two years ago.
September 16, 2022 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan on Sept. 8 dismissed apostasy charges against four Christians who were threatened with the death penalty unless they recanted, sources said. Judge Ibrahim Hamza dismissed the apostasy charges against the Christians in Central Darfur state, stating that apostasy is no longer a crime in Sudan, […]
Christian Killed, Church Leader Kidnapped in Nigeria
Pastor’s wife, three other women wounded in separate attacks.
September 13, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 11) killed a Christian security guard as they abducted a pastor in central Nigeria and wounded the church leader’s wife, sources said. James Ngyang, a member of the church led by Pastor Bung Fon Dong of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), was […]
Five Christians Thrown Off Boat and Drowned in Uganda
Church planters die in Lake Kyoga.
September 8, 2022 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists killed five Christian workers by throwing them off a boat into central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga on Aug. 10, sources said. The evangelists from End Time Word Ministry church were traveling from Nakasongola District to Apac District on a commercial transport boat with plans to plant a church in […]