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Pastor Fears for His Life following Death Threats

Pastor Fears for His Life following Death Threats

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 8, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian was killed in Kiboga District, Uganda, a pastor in the same district fears for his life following death threats from Muslim extremists, he said. Pastor Godfrey Ssemujju, who oversees 130...

Iran: Applications from Christian prisoners being refused

Iran: Applications from Christian prisoners being refused

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on July 29 came to the home of an evangelist who had held open-air events in eastern Uganda and killed him, sources said. Cut with a sharp instrument that left his head and neck with deep wounds,...

Mounting Number of ECWA Christians Abducted, Slain

Mounting Number of ECWA Christians Abducted, Slain

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 29, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists in Nigeria have killed six pastors and kidnapped 27 Christians of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the past seven months, according to an ECWA report. Among...

Dozens of Christians Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria

Dozens of Christians Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Monday night (July 25) kidnapped 36 people from a predominantly Christian village outside the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria. The house-to-house abductions came after the...

Hmong Christians in Vietnam Suffering Severe Persecution

Hmong Christians in Vietnam Suffering Severe Persecution

July 25, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Severe persecution of Hmong Christians is underway in Nghe An Province in Vietnam. In the central Vietnam province, officials vying with each other to create “Christian-free zones” operate “with no conscience or humanity,” as if...

Sudan: Four men accused of apostasy

Sudan: Four men accused of apostasy

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 25, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian in eastern Uganda died on July 10 from head injuries sustained in an attack by Muslim extremists the previous week, sources said. Robert Bwenje had accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha of Elim...

Kidnapped Catholic Priest Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Kidnapped Catholic Priest Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 20, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The body of one of two Catholic priests kidnapped on Friday (July 15) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, was recovered Tuesday morning (July 19), sources said. The Rev. John Mark Cheitnum was director of communications of the...

Sudan: Court case dismissed against church leaders

Sudan: Court case dismissed against church leaders

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Three men reviling a convert to Christianity for leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda killed him on Sunday (July 3), a witness said. Simolya Latifu of Molu village, Kasasira Sub-County, Kibuku District was...

Muslim Father Kills Daughter on Day She Converts

Muslim Father Kills Daughter on Day She Converts

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 1, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Nearly a month after an attack on a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, the number killed and the identity of the assailants remain unclear, though the church held a funeral service for “over 40” victims. The...

Killer of Coptic Priest in Egypt Sentenced to Death

Killer of Coptic Priest in Egypt Sentenced to Death

June 13, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The convicted killer of Archbishop Arsanious Wadid in Alexandria, Egypt was sentenced to death on Saturday (June 11), according to Copts-United. Nehru Abdel Moneim Tawfiq was sentenced to death after a long session in which the...

North Cyprus: Court hearing in ongoing trial

North Cyprus: Court hearing in ongoing trial

LAHORE, Pakistan, June 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A 15-year-old Christian girl told a court in Pakistan on Monday (June 6) that she was kidnapped and raped by the Muslim accused of abducting her and forcibly converting and marrying her. While most girls facing...