Benjamin Kule Mayani was killed in western Uganda on Sept. 29, 2026. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian returning from an evangelistic outreach was killed on Sept. 29 in western Uganda when he and a colleague were attacked by three Muslims, including one upset that his sister had converted to Christianity, […]

Location of Gorom Refugee Settlement in South Sudan. (Map data © 2026 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Two Sudanese pastors at a refugee camp in South Sudan have been facing death threats since an attack by Muslim extremists earlier this year, sources said. The concerns of the two pastors from Sudan’s Darfur Region […]

Nigerian Red Cross Society tribute to Lydia Nwankwo, slain in Sokoto state, Nigeria on Oct. 6, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Christian woman volunteering with the Nigerian Red Cross Society in an Oct. 6 attack on her team’s vehicle in Sokoto state, sources said. Lydia Nwankwo, […]

Location of Adamawa state in Nigeria. (User Profoss, Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic terrorists attacked three predominantly Christian villages in Adamawa state, Nigeria, on Thursday (Oct. 8), killing at least one person and torching at least one church building, sources said. The assailants attacked Tela-Bala, Guyaku and Sabon […]

Blasphemy laws were among oppressive measures opposed in protest in Faisalabad, Pakistan on National Minorities Day on Aug. 11, 2026. (Minorities Alliance Pakistan) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday (Oct. 7) announced that it had upheld the death sentence of a Christian convicted under blasphemy laws while acquitting his […]

Kaduna River along Karji, Chikun County, Kaduna state, Nigeria. (A.Kefas, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani assailants on Tuesday (Oct. 6) broke into homes near the capital of Kaduna state and kidnapped five Christians and a 6-month-old baby, sources said. The assailants abducted the Christians in home break-ins that began at 3 […]

Journalist and rights advcocate Lawrence Zongo was arrested by the Nigerian military on Oct. 5, 2026 and denied access to legal counsel. (Equipping The Persecuted Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A religious freedom advocate and Christian journalist in Nigeria was being held without charges and incommunicado after soldiers arrested him at a military […]

Mosque of Islamic Solidarity in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiram A. Ruiz, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim uncle of a 20-year-old woman in Somalia has confined her to his home, where he has beaten her and deprived her of adequate food and water for converting to Christianity, sources said. Mariam Fatuma has lost […]

Location of Plateau state, Nigeria. (Map data © 2026 Google) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani gunmen in Nigeria shot two Christians to death in a village of Bokkos County, Plateau state, on Sunday (Oct. 4) and four others in Riyom County on Saturday, sources said. “Two Christians were killed and three others were […]

Fulani cattleman in southern nigeria. (Screenshot of DW report on YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 12 Christians in Barkin Ladi County, Plateau state over three days at the end of September, sources said. Five of the Christians were killed, and two wounded, in Marit village on […]