TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Algeria on Wednesday (Oct. 16) closed the Tafath (Light) church building in Tizi-Ouzou, a day after sealing shut the country’s largest church despite resistance, sources said. A third church in northern Algeria, Source of Light church in Makouda, was also closed on Tuesday (Oct. 15). Pastor Mustapha […]
‘Sad Day’ in Algeria as Officials Seal Buildings of Country’s Largest Churches
Police use force to eject Christians resisting in protest.
October 17, 2019 By -
Christian Woman Killed in Kidnapping of Four Baptists in Nigeria
Pastor’s wife among those abducted.
October 10, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six teenage girls from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, another attack in the same county led to the killing of a Baptist woman and the kidnapping of four others from the same church, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen […]
Christian in Uganda Loses Children, Mother and Stepfather to Islamist Attack, Sources Say
Suspected radical Muslims set house on fire.
October 2, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 36-year-old Christian near Kampala, Uganda is mourning the deaths of his son, daughter, mother and stepfather, who were killed when Muslim extremists set their house ablaze seven weeks ago, sources said. Before the radical Muslims set Ali Nakabale’s house on fire on Aug. 20 in Nakaseke, Nakaseke District […]
Christians in Algeria Hit with More Church Closures
Police seal building without advance notice.
September 26, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities today sealed shut a church building in Tigzirt, Algeria, two days after shutting another building serving two churches without prior notice, sources said. Acting on orders from the governor of Tizi-Ouzou Province, eight police officers arrived at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday (Sept. 24) at the Church of Boghni […]
Decade of Tears and Blood: 10 Years of Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria
Entire communities uprooted as 35,000 civilians are slain.
September 20, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A decade after Boko Haram began a bloody campaign to impose sharia (Islamic law) on all of Nigeria, Christian leaders say some areas are still under the control of the terrorists. The Rev. Mohammed Abubakar Naga, chairman of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), told […]
Hopeful Signs for Change in Sudan Meet with Cautious Pessimism
Some have seen too much persecution to believe in imminent improvement.
September 12, 2019 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The appointment of a Christian woman to the council overseeing transition to civilian rule in Sudan is a hopeful sign, but some persecution-weary Christians are less than optimistic about prospects for improved religious rights. Raja Nicola Eissa Abdel-Masih, a Coptic Christian who long served as a judge in […]
Illegally Detained Christian Tortured to Death in Custody in Pakistan, Family Says
Impoverished father of two the only employee abused in theft case.
September 9, 2019 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Lahore, Pakistan tortured to death the Christian father of 14-day-old and 7-year-old sons, relatives said. Officers on Aug. 28 illegally detained 28-year-old Amir Masih on a false charge of theft and tortured him for four days before he died in a hospital on Sept. 2, his brother […]
Widowed Mother of Seven Homeless when Muslim In-Laws Learn She Is Christian
8-year-old son innocently tells relatives about church.
September 4, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The 8-year-old boy didn’t realize that telling his Muslim relatives how much he enjoyed a church choir would cause them to attack his family. The seventh and youngest child of 54-year-old Lezia Nakayiza, widowed since September 2018, he didn’t know that his family was keeping their faith secret in […]
After Christians in Algeria Prevented Church Closure, Authorities Seal It Shut
Officials threaten to imprison property owners of two churches.
September 3, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – After Christians fended off an attempt to close a church building in Algeria on Aug. 26, gendarmes arrived early Monday morning (Sept. 2) and sealed it shut, sources said. Church leaders and their attorney had asserted that the order from the head of Bejaia Province to close the church in […]
Church in Algeria Fends Off Authorities’ Attempt to Close It
Gendarmerie show up at worship site; Christians refuse to leave.
August 27, 2019 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A brigade of gendarmerie showed up at an evangelical worship site in Algeria on Monday (Aug. 26) to execute the latest of several church closure orders from provincial authorities, but Christian leaders thwarted the attempt. When Akbou gendarmerie parked their vehicles at 9:30 a.m. at the church courtyard in Ighzer […]