Militants Kill Kenya Christians For Not Saying Islamic Creed
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Eleven people, most of them Christians, have been shot and killed...
BREAKING NEWS: Islamists Kill 28 Christians In Kenya
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility Saturday, November 22, for killing 28 Christians traveling on a bus in northeast Kenya. The bus carrying 60 passengers was on its way to Nairobi, the capital, when it was ambushed in Mandera County early Saturday, according to militants and witnesses.
BREAKING NEWS: Kenya Attackers Kill Dutch Missionary, Wife Raped (UPDATE)
(ADDS REACTION FROM CHRISTIAN IN NAIROBI AND OTHERS)
By BosNewsLife News Center
GRONINGEN/NAIROBI (BosNewsLife)-- The 36-year-old Dutch missionary Ebel Kremer has been shot and killed in Kenya during a robbery, his church confirmed Friday, February 25. His wife Lora Kremer, 34, was reportedly raped in the overnight attack on their Christian orphanage in the town of Athi River near the capital Nairobi.
Islamic Militants Kill Three Christian Teachers In Kenya
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in eastern Kenya have plunged into mourning after three Christian...
Somalia Militants Use ‘Ex-Christians’ To Bomb Kenya Churches; Pastor Killed (Update)
(ADDS LATEST ATTACK ON CHURCH IN KENYA, MORE DETAILS)
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)– Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab uses converts from religious Christianity to Islam to carry out attacks against churches in neighboring Kenya as part of what they call a "holy war", or Jihad, officials said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Sunday, November 4.
Teachers Strike Amid Attacks Against Christians
BosNewsLife Africa Service
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of teachers in northern Kenya bordering Somalia refused to return to work Tuesday, February 3, fearing attacks by Islamic militants who have killed dozens of non-Muslims, many of them Christians.
Kenya Salvation Army Church Torched; Four Killed
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Special Correspondent Paul Jongas in the region
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Kenya's troubled port city of Mombasa were on edge Saturday, October 5, after Muslim mobs torched a Salvation Army church in riots that killed four people and injured at least seven others. Friday's attack against the Salvation Army, an international Christian charity, came shortly after gunmen shot and killed Sheikh Ibrahim Amor, a popular Muslim cleric, and the three of his associates.
Kenya Christians Ask Protection After Militants Kill Teacher
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northeastern Kenya have asked for protection after Islamic militants killed a Christian teacher in an elementary school and kidnapped two colleagues as part of a wider crackdown, BosNewsLife learned.
BREAKING NEWS: Christians Trapped As Islamic Militants Storm Kenya Mall; Scores Dead (Update)
(CHANGING DEATH TOLL IN LEAD)
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Sunday, September 22, about the plight of Christians and other non-Muslims trapped in a popular high-end shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, after fighters linked to terror group al-Qaida stormed the complex in an attack that left at least 69 people dead and 175 injured.