Tag: Al-Shabaab

Garissa warnings ‘ignored’

May 1, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Nairobi

Kenya’s Interior Minister has accused security officers of ignoring warnings about a potential attack before the Al-Shabaab assault on Garissa University College, which left 148 students dead. Joseph Nkaisserry told a parliamentary committee in Nairobi that the response to the attack was also poorly coordinated, reports the BBC. After the . . . Read More

Kenyan churches ‘targeted’ for attack

April 29, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Churches, East Africa, Garissa, Kenya, Nairobi, Pentecostals

Police in Kenya have issued a warning that Nairobi’s churches and university are at risk of a new attack by Al-Shabaab. The warning, circulated via the president’s office on April 23, states that Al-Shabaab has dispatched spies to launch ‘high scale attacks’ on ‘unspecified dates’. The letter states that major . . . Read More

‘I need God to help me forget’

April 13, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Nairobi, Pentecostals

The chairman of Garissa University College’s Christian Union, who survived the April 2 Al-Shabaab attack in which 148 students were killed, has pleaded for prayer for the physical and psychological healing of survivors. “Please pray for us… Many saw sights too horrible to describe,” said 21-year-old Frederick Gitonga. “Pray for . . . Read More

Kenya mourns students ‘killed while praying’

April 9, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, East Africa, Garissa, Kenya, Nairobi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uhuru Kenyatta, Westgate

A memorial service will be held in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, today (9 April) to commemorate the 148 students killed by Al-Shabaab last week. Kenyans are still in shock following the attack in the north-east of the country at Garissa University College on 2 April, where Christians were singled out . . . Read More

Al-Shabaab targets Christians in Kenyan college attack

April 2, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Somalia

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Pastor’s death fuels insecurity fears in Mombasa

January 12, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Kenya, Mombasa, Somalia, Westgate

The killing of a pastor in the Majengo area of Mombasa has led to fears of a return to insecurity in the area. Reports say that gunmen opened fire at the Maximum Revival Ministries church compound on Sunday 11 January, in a raid that left worshippers running for safety. The . . . Read More

2014: A year of rising hostility toward Christians

January 7, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Asia, Boko Haram, Buddhist nationalism, Central African Republic, China, Communism, Converts, East Africa, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle Belt, Middle East, Narendra Modi, Nigeria, North Korea, Religious freedom, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria

While the world’s eyes were riveted to Syria and Iraq in 2014, life for Christians worsened even more profoundly in Africa, according to an annual report on religious freedom. The situation deteriorated most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa, in countries where Islamic extremism is the main source of pressure upon Christians, . . . Read More

Al-Shabaab kills 36 Kenyan Christians on Somali border

December 2, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mandera, Mpeketoni, Nairobi, Wajir, Westgate

Al-Shabaab militants have slaughtered 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya – all of the victims are believed to be Christian. Local residents told the BBC that the militants separated the group from Muslim workers before shooting them dead. Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for . . . Read More

28 Kenyan Christians killed by Al-Shabaab

November 25, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mandera, Nairobi, Somalia

Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, said it carried out an attack on Christians traveling on a Nairobi-bound bus in northeastern Kenya, killing 28 people. According to the Interior Ministry the bus was carrying a total of 60 people. The Deputy County Commissioner of Kenyan town Mandera Elvin Korir told Bloomberg, . . . Read More

Uganda troops fight Al-Shabaab

July 17, 2014 Uganda Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kampala, Somalia, Uganda

As reported in our recent article, Uganda also has troops fighting Al-Shabaab in Somalia. In May, the US Embassy in Kampala warned churches that there was a credible threat against them. Now it appears as if local Muslim extremists may be exploiting regional tensions to attack their neighbours, as Uganda’s . . . Read More

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