Tag: Kenya

Kenya: engaged couple killed, together with fellow primary school teacher, by suspected Al-Shabaab attackers

February 21, 2018 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Boni, Catholics, East Africa, Education, Garissa, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Nairobi, Somalia, Wajir

After the coldblooded murder of three Christian teachers – including a couple soon to be married – in north-eastern Kenya by suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen, fear is growing that the Islamist militant group is targeting education, and its proponents, in the predominantly Muslim region. Seth Oluoch Odada and Kevin Shari were . . . Read More

Film showing Muslims protecting Christians nominated for Oscar

January 25, 2018 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Nairobi, Tana River

One of the attackers in a still from the movie.

A short film about a bus attack during which Muslims protected Christians, while travelling from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to Mandera in the north-east, has been nominated for an Oscar, the BBC reports. The film, ‘Watu Wote’ (All of us), is one of the five nominees for an award in . . . Read More

Kenya coastal region on alert for Christmas attacks by Al-Shabaab

December 21, 2017 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Lamu, Somalia

Police in Kwale in the coastal region of Kenya have found a haul of weapons from the gunmen suspected of an attack in September on a local church. The find coincided with government warnings that Al-Shabaab militants might be planning attacks in the area during the Christmas season. Weapons and . . . Read More

Three Kenyan Christians ‘called out by name’, then beheaded by suspected Al-Shabaab

September 8, 2017 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Boni, Kenya, Lamu, Pandaguo, Somalia, Tana River

A group of around 30 heavily armed men in military gear, suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants, killed three men in Lamu West, near Hindi, at about 1.30am on Wednesday (6 September). In eastern coastal Kenya, along the Somali border, Lamu has been beset by Islamist attacks for years. This has . . . Read More

Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to recite Islamic Shahada

August 22, 2017 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Boni, Garissa, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Mpeketoni, Pandaguo, Somalia, Tana River, Uhuru Kenyatta, Westgate

Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants on Friday night (18 August) after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At around 9pm, Changawa Muthemba, who was . . . Read More

Coastal and north-east Kenyans have more to fear than most, as Al-Shabaab threatens elections

August 7, 2017 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Boni, East Africa, Garissa, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Mombasa, Mpeketoni, Pandaguo, Somalia, Tana River, Uhuru Kenyatta, Westgate

On June 15, 2014 twin attacks by suspected al-Shabaab militants on Mpeketoni and a nearby village of Poroko left 52 people dead. The attackers singled out all who could not recite Muslim prayers and killed them in plain site before destroying their homes.

Attacks by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in the Kenyan coastal region of Lamu are raising concerns that the Islamist group is attempting to disrupt the election tomorrow (8 August), as international observers warn of chaos if the result is perceived as rigged. The election, between current President Uhuru Kenyatta and his . . . Read More

First husband brutally killed a week after wedding; five years on, Kenyan re-marries

July 29, 2017 Kenya Baptists, Kenya, Mombasa

On Sat Jul 29 Damaris Kioko married Steve Kerage.

Five years after the brutal death of her first husband, Kenyan Damaris Kioko remarried in Mombasa today (29 July). Jackson Kioko was killed in May 2012 in the Jomvu area of Mombasa, only a week after their wedding in coastal Kenya. “We had a very colourful wedding. People said that . . . Read More

Beheaded Kenyans belonged to local church

July 11, 2017 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Kenya, Pandaguo

Security forces on guard after Al-Shabaab terrorists killed 147 and injured 79 students at Garissa University College in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 2, 2015. (Photo: Getty Images)

A number of the nine Kenyan men beheaded by Islamist militants Al-Shabaab on Friday night (11 July) belonged to a local church, local sources told World Watch Monitor. One witness, Johnson Kitsao, told the Washington Post earlier the attackers were “specifically looking for non-Muslim men”. The attack took place late . . . Read More

‘I wish I could forget’: student survivors of Kenya university attack, 2 years on

March 31, 2017 Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya

Two years ago, on the eve of Good Friday, 2015, Al Shabaab militants besieged Garissa University campus in Kenya’s volatile northeast. 147 students died that day. Muslims were spared, but Christians targetted: the attackers killed all students present at an early morning Christian prayer meeting, and hunted down several more hiding in rooms. Survivors . . . Read More

Nationalism in Asia, Islamic extremism in Africa – the 2017 World Watch List

January 11, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Bhutan, BJP, Ethiopia, Hindu nationalism, India, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Libya, Narendra Modi, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Yemen

One of the greatest increases in animosity towards Christians last year took place in India as a result of religiously motivated nationalism, according to the latest annual survey of the 50 countries in which it is most difficult to live as a Christian. Since the rise to power of Narendra . . . Read More

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