Location of Mayuge District, Uganda. (OpenStreetMap contributors, Jarry1250, NordNordWest Wikipedia) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda were beaten and slashed with knives after leading several Muslims to Christ, sources said. Earlier this month Robert Okia, a 43-year-old father of six children, and Wilberforce Mutenga, a father of two, shared the gospel […]

Sara Ahmadi and Homayoun Zhaveh. (Article 18) (Morning Star News) – When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple in Tehran on Aug. 13, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison, notorious for its harsh treatment […]

National Mosque in Abuja, Nigeria. (Wikipedia) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants killed three Christians in an attack on a village of Chibok County, northeast Nigeria on Tuesday (Oct. 4) that wounded dozens of others and burned homes, sources said. The terrorists attacked Njilang village, Borno state, in the latest of many acts […]

Andrew Dikusooka and Ronald Musasizi received hospital treatment after being knifed in Iganga Disrict, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists on Sept. 24 sustained deep knife wounds after leading several Muslims to Christ at debates on Islam and Christianity in eastern Uganda, sources said. Andrew Dikusooka, 35, and 26-year-old Ronald […]

Rhoda Ya’u Jatau. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in northeast Nigeria is on trial after being held incommunicado for more than four months on blasphemy charges for forwarding a WhatsApp message, sources said. Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, 45, was arrested in Bauchi state in May after receiving a WhatsApp message from Ghana […]

Muslim villagers destroyed Musa Wabwire’s home in Kaliro District, Uganda on Sept. 9, 2022. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Uganda upset with a father of four for converting to Christianity beat him and destroyed his home, and a week later a 52-year-old convert in a neighboring district also suffered injuries […]

Ifeanyi Ilechukwu, Christian killed in Kano state, Nigeria on Sept. 24, 2022. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 25) killed two Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria after Islamic State terrorists allegedly killed two others in the city of Kano on Saturday (Sept. 24), sources said. In northern Nigeria’s Kano […]

Location of Bugiri District, Uganda. (Map data ©2020 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 23-year-old Muslim woman in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity on Sept. 18 was poisoned to death that night, sources said. Namata Habiiba attended a church service on Sept. 18 at the invitation of a friend in Wakawaka village, Bugiri […]

Benue state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons).svg ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Continuing attacks earlier this month in Benue state, Nigeria, suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed dozens of Christians on Friday (Sept. 23) and Wednesday (Sept. 21), sources said. The terrorists attacked six predominantly Christian villages in Benue state’s Togo County on Friday […]

Madhab Gorai. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in eastern India suspect a church member’s Hindu family killed him last month for refusing to renounce his faith, sources said. In West Bengal state’s Gobindapur village, Jhargram District, Hindu relatives of Madhab Gorai had threatened to burn him to death and feared his […]