Many others kidnapped. By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News ABUJA, Nigeria, January 8, 2024 (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani terrorists on Wednesday (Jan. 3) killed 41 Christians and kidnapped many others in two counties of southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The assailants in the early morning attacked Dokan Karji, Ungwan Sako and Kunkurai villages in the Dawaki … Read More

Muslim extremists shouting jihadist slogan kill grandmother and two children.   By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, January 4, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists killed a 75-year-old woman and her two grandchildren in western Uganda on Christmas Day, sources said. The bodies of Edrine Ngwabize and her two grandchildren, 5-year-old Emoni Niwalindwa and 13-year-old Mathias Byamukama, were found … Read More

Pastor spent Christmas in jail. By Our South Asia Correspondent NEW DELHI, January 3, 2024 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sri Lanka was granted bail on Wednesday (Jan. 3) after being jailed since Dec. 1 on a charge of “outraging the religious feelings” for comments in a sermon that appeared online, sources said. Authorities arrested Pastor Jerome Fernando, … Read More

Israel: Mob attack in Armenian Quarter On 28 December a mob of 30 masked men armed with pepper spray and various weapons entered the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City and tried to remove barricades to allow access for bulldozers. When Armenian Christian inhabitants resisted, the mob attacked them. According to a communique from the Armenian Patriarchate, several priests, deacons, … Read More

Hundreds slain by assailants based in Cameroon, lawmakers say.   By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News ABUJA, Nigeria, December 31, 2023 (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Unidentified terrorists on Thursday (Dec. 28) killed eight Christians in Taraba state, Nigeria, a week after 13 others were slain the previous week, sources said. The assailants attacked four predominantly Christian villages in Ussa … Read More

Boko Haram identified as assailants.   By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News ABUJA, Nigeria, January 1, 2024 (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist terrorists rampaged through a predominantly Christian village in northeastern Nigeria on Christmas Day, setting houses on fire, looting shops and killing two Christians, area residents said. Residents of Kwapre village, Hong County in Adamawa state, identified … Read More

Authorities tell them to worship discreetly. Special from Morning Star News partner Christian Daily International December 29, 2023 (Christian Daily International) – Officials in Mauritania have released all Christians arrested after a video of a baptism ceremony in November prompted Muslims to call for their punishment, Christian leaders in the region said. The Christians do not appear to have been charged with … Read More

Convert described assault before succumbing to injuries. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, December 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Before Sawuba Naigaga succumbed to injuries her 25-year-old son inflicted on her in Uganda this month, she described the assault to a friend from her hospital bed. The friend said Naigaga’s son, Ashirafu Basalirwa, returned home to Busia town, Busia … Read More

Coordinated attacks launched across three areas over Christmas.   By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News ABUJA, Nigeria, December 26, 2023 (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night (Dec. 23) through Monday (Dec. 25) in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. Church pastors … Read More

Muslims upset that they quoted from the Koran. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, December 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset at their street preaching beat them and summoned police, sources said. On the final day of a three-day evangelistic campaign in … Read More