Borno state, Nigeria. (Profoss derivative, original Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Four Christians were killed and 22 girls kidnapped in Islamic extremist attacks on Thursday (Jan. 20) and Jan. 14 in the Chibok area of Borno state, Nigeria, sources said. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Thursday (Jan. 20) […]
Local Population Calls for Increased Security Measures 01/25/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On January 24 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one person was fatally shot by police and several others were arrested in Beni town while protesting the “state of siege” declared by President Felix Tshisekedi in May 2021. A […]
Mosque in Uganda. (ctsnow’s, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former mosque leader in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity is still hospitalized with serious head, back and hand injuries after Muslim relatives beat him on Jan. 13, he said. Bashir Sengendo had not returned home to visit his family in Namaato village, […]
Central Mosque, Jos, Nigeria. (El-siddeeq lame, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen last week killed three Christians in attacks in Nigeria, where more Christians were killed for their faith last year than in any other country, sources said. Three Christians were killed and two wounded in an ambush at about 9:30 […]
Mahnoor Ashraf, 14, went missing on Jan. 4, 2022. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The abduction and forced conversion of Christian girls in Pakistan continued with impunity as another minor was separated from her parents the first week of the year, sources said. Mahnoor Ashraf, a 14-year-old Pentecostal Christian, […]
Jenifer Nakirya and her daughter Oliva Apio were attacked in Pallisa District, Uganda on Dec. 30, 2021. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said. […]
Second Attack on Ancha Village in One Week 01/12/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Fulani militants killed 18 Christians in Ancha village on Tuesday evening, January 11, marking the second attack on the Christian community in Nigeria this week. “A loud voice shouted, ‘Allahu Akubar’ (Allah is the greatest) at midnight,” an eyewitness told […]
Bhairavnath Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Suraj Belbase, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A young father knows the intensity of Hindu opposition to Christianity in his native Nepal – it temporarily took his newborn son from him and has left his young family homeless for nearly two years. Having moved in with his parents after […]
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Attacks Continue Unabated as Government Turns a Blind Eye 01/11/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) –Fulani militants killed 28-year-old Stephen Monday and injured his wife, Ejoma, while the couple was walking to their farmland on January 10. “Fulani militants attacked and ambushed two people on their way to farm at Ancha village,” reported […]
Egyptian Authorities End Two-Year Pre-Trial Detention of Renowned Human Rights Defender 01/10/2022 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) –Egyptian authorities released Coptic Christian activist Ramy Kamel on January 8 after being held in pre-trial detention for two years. Kamel was originally detained in November 2019 because of his journalism and human rights activism on behalf of […]