ICC note: Fulani fighters continue targeting Christians through brutal attacks in Kenya. The group of Muslim fighters invaded the Ungwar Mada village which is a Christian community and killed a married couple who were members of an evangelical church. A few days later, the extremists group also attacked Ningon village, another Christian village, where they killed two men and injured a young girl. On August 19^th, the Fulani ambushed and murdered a pastor in his village, while he was returning from an evangelistic outreach. Kenya continues to be a red zone for Christian persecution in Africa since they are constantly attacked by extremist groups like the Fulanis and Al-Shabaab.

9/2/2016, Nigeria (Assist News) – As farmers lamented policies designating land for cattlemen in northern Nigeria, suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor and four other Christians in Kaduna state on Friday, August 19, 2016.

Pastor Luka Ubangari of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) at Angwan Anjo village, near Godogodo in the Jema’a Local Government Area (LGA), was shot and killed while returning from an evangelistic outreach in Golkofa village, a resident of Gidan Waya, Emmanuel Garba, told Morning Star News (http://morningstarnews.org/).

“The pastor was ambushed and murdered as he was returning to his village,” he said.

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