• Al Shabaab Gunmen Target Christians in Kenya University Massacre; at Least 147 Dead, 79 Wounded

  Islamic extremists from Somalia-based Al Shabaab today targeted Christians in an attack on Garissa University College in northeastern Kenya, killing at least 147 people, including two policemen.

  

• Syrian Mother, Three Children Flee ISIS Attack as Officials Consider How to End Islamic State Caliphate

  As the West and Middle East grapple with how to end the Islamic State (IS), an Assyrian mother who escaped Islamic State kidnapping in northeastern Syria said she does not know of the whereabouts of her husband.

  

• Egypt in Mourning as It Bombs Libyan ISIS Branch Targets after Beheading of Coptic Christians

  After months of indifference to Islamist militants killing Egyptian Christians in Libya, Egypt bombed Islamic extremist targets in Libya and declared seven days of mourning following the beheading of 21 Copts.

  

• Ministry Leader In Nigeria 'Butchered' by Muslim Herdsmen, Mourned as Dedicated Servant to the Poor

  Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Jan. 23) killed a father of two in Taraba state whose pastoral ministry had brought education, medicine and clothing to thousands of impoverished people, sources said.

  

• Uganda Imam Allegedly Beats Daughter to Death for Converting to Christianity

  NAIROBI, Kenya - A 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized for two weeks after her Muslim father beat her and her sister for converting to Christ last month is traumatized after learning that her sister died from the assault, sources said.