Persecution

Pastor Jerome Fernando was arrested in Sri Lanka on Dec. 1, 2023. (Keshia Kumaresan, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sri Lanka was granted bail on Wednesday (Jan. 3) after being jailed since Dec. 1 on a…

Boko Haram vehicles destroyed in Cameroon. (M. Kindzeka, VOA) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist terrorists rampaged through a predominantly Christian village in northeastern Nigeria…

Taraba state Assembly Rep. Rikupki Urenyang Joshua. (Facebook rikupkiofficial) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Unidentified terrorists on Thursday (Dec. 28) killed eight Christians in Taraba state,…

Camel market in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania. (Ferdinand Reus, Creative Commons) (Christian Daily International) – Officials in Mauritania have released all Christians arrested after a video of a baptism ceremony in November…

Sawuba Naigaga succumbed to her injuries on Dec. 17, 2023 in eastern Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Before Sawuba Naigaga succumbed to injuries her 25-year-old son inflicted on her in Uganda this…

Burial on Christmas Day, 2023 of Christians slain in NTV village, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Christian Daily News-Morning Star News) (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them…

Joseph Omadi was arrested in Soroti, Uganda on Nov. 21, 2023. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset…

Christian convert Muhammad Kece received a 10-year prison sentence under Indonesia’s blasphemy law. (YouTube screenshot) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – With an increase in blasphemy cases in Indonesia and arrests based on…

The Rev. Abraham Damina Dumus, head of the CAN Bauchi State Chapter. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) BAUCHI, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – With a decades-old history of Islamic…

Rhoda Jatau could face up to 10 years in prison under Nigeria’s blasphemy law. (ADF International) BAUCHI, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman charged under Nigeria’s blasphemy law has been…