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 […]
(Christian News) — Major national financial institutions routinely used subjective reputational risk standards to restrict credit, deny services, or close accounts for customers based on political, social, or religious affiliations, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The findings stem from an agency supervisory review that examined […]
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 […]
(Christian News) — An 80-minute Ottumwa City Council meeting turned chaotic on Tuesday night after a former council member opened the proceedings with an official Satanic prayer, culminating in the declaration “Hail Satan” and prompting a local pastor to interrupt the meeting to demand that leaders “reverse the curse.” Former council member Matt Dalbey—who delivered […]
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 […]