Fulani herdsman in north-central Nigeria in screenshot from video obtained by Morning Star News. (Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Saturday and Sunday (May 3-4) killed six Christians and injured dozens of others in raids on two Christian villages in Plateau state, Nigeria. In the state’s Barkin Ladi […]

Location of Mbale District, Uganda. (Jarry1250, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamists killed an evangelist after he led several Muslims to faith in Christ at an open-air event in eastern Uganda last month, sources said. David Washume of Manga cell, Mungoma Ward, Nabumali town council in Mbale District was stabbed to death on […]

Forced conversions and abductions in Pakistan in 2024 were recorded in the Annual Human Rights Observer report on blasphemy accusations. (Center for Social Justice chart) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A rights watchdog chronicled a record 344 new blasphemy cases in Pakistan in 2024, highlighting increased abuse of the country’s condemned blasphemy laws. […]

Hindu extremists confront church members in Raipur, India on March 9, 2025. (Morning Star News screenshot of video) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian charged under India’s anti-conversion law after Hindu nationalists attacked a church is seeking anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court of India. Rajesh Sharma said his plea for anticipatory bail was […]

Trailer truck rams Easter procession in Billiri, Gombe state, Nigeria on April 21, 2025. (Screenshot from video on Instagram guts104.9fm) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Investigators have concluded that a trailer truck driver intentionally crashed into an Easter procession in Nigeria, killing six Christians, sources said. More than 30 Christians were hospitalized when […]

Boko Haram insignia is blacked out on walls in Bama, Borno state Nigeria. (Ifeatu Nnaobi, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Boko Haram terrorists on Monday (April 28) attacked a predominantly Christian community in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, killing seven Christians and setting homes and church buildings ablaze, residents said. The militants […]

Great Mosque of Banten, Banten Province, Indonesia. (Wibowo Djatmiko Wie146, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Indonesia sealed a prayer hall on Saturday (April 19), prohibiting the congregation from celebrating Easter, according to local sources. Citing a lack of permit – though officials have failed to respond to a church application filed […]

Burial of Pastor Subhash Baghel on Jan. 27, 2025 in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh state, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Ramesh Baghel has become the face of a struggle for securing dignity in death for Christians across Chhattisgarh state, India, as he prepares a new petition to the Supreme Court of India. […]

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of the Diocese of Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria, testified of Fulani atrocities before a U.S. House panel on March 12, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News screenshot from YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani attacks on predominantly Christian areas of Benue state, Nigeria have killed dozens of Christians […]

Location of Plateau state in Nigeria. (Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Following the killing of more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria earlier this month, the death toll of a dawn attack today (April 14) on a predominantly Christian community in the […]