Long oppressed Montagnard evangelicals could be targeted. By Our Vietnam Correspondent June 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Christians in Vietnam are bracing for potential fallout should they be blamed for recent anti-government violence. In the pre-dawn hours of June 11, four policemen, two government officials and three bystanders were killed by camouflage-clad armed groups. This rare anti-government violence took place … Read More

Home fellowship told to obtain permit. By Our Indonesia Correspondent SURABAYA, Indonesia, June 23, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A local official and other Muslims on Sunday (June 18) stopped worship at a house church outside Jakarta, Indonesia, and a church site in Central Java Province was temporarily blocked, according to local reports. In West Java Province, a group of Muslims said … Read More

Islamist terrorists from DRC suspected. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, June 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Islamist terrorists on Friday night (June 16) killed at least 37 students, most of them Christians, at the dormitories of a private high school in Uganda, and kidnapped six others, sources said. Shouting the jihadist slogan “Allahu akbar [God is greater],” according to … Read More

Family in Uganda attacks two brothers for leaving Islam. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, June 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Relatives of two brothers who accepted Christ in May beat them for leaving Islam earlier this month in eastern Uganda, sources said. Janati Tisuubira, 22, and his 33-year-old brother Ibrahim Musa Kakembo, received hospital care for nearly week … Read More

Gunmen shoot him in the back.By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, June 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Unidentified gunmen on June 7 shot a Roman Catholic priest to death in southwest Nigeria, a church spokesman said. The Rev. Charles Onomhoale Igechi was killed as he drove in the Ikhueniro area of Benin, Edo state, the Rev. Augustine Akubeze, archbishop of … Read More

Villages are attacked uncontested for two days. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, June 14, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on June 3 and 4 killed 46 Christians in attacks on a cluster of villages in Benue state, Nigeria, sources said. The herdsmen invaded Imande Mbakange village in the early hours of June 3, killing 28 Christians, according to … Read More

Christians likely targeted in inter-tribal attacks, sources say. By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, June 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A surge of ethnic violence with a growing religious component in northeastern India led to the killing on Friday (June 9) of a woman in her church building and two other Christians, sources said. The attack by ethnic Meitei … Read More

Fulani herdsmen attack one county for three weeks. By Our Nigeria Correspondent MANGU, Nigeria, June 7, 2023 (Morning Star News) – At least 300 Christians have been massacred in one county of Plateau state, Nigeria since mid-May, including the killing of two pastors on Sunday (June 4), sources said. In Mangu County, Fulani terrorists killed the Rev. Shadrack Ayuba of the … Read More

Baseless charges leave leaders and their families in anguish. By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, June 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Having spent a month in jail on baseless charges before his release on bail, Pastor R. Kirubendran was baffled at hostilities from police, media and villagers after serving a community in northern India without problem for several years. … Read More

Fulani said to be collaborating with other Muslim terrorists. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, June 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic catechist and his wife were among dozens of Christians killed in central Nigeria’s Benue state last month, a local official said. Fulani herdsmen killed Dominic Dajo and his wife at the St. Peter Catholic Church in … Read More