Survivors of Manipur violence recount bloodcurdling stories

On May 2, a day before Manipur went up in flames, T. Khupminthang, took shelter in the house of his employer, a Meitei, along with his son and three others. The five Kuki tribals were residents of Churachandpur district, but worked in Imphal, capital of the...

Protect humans from wild animals: Cardinal Alencherry pleads

Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church has termed as “a shame” the increasing cases of wild animals killing humans in the southern Indian state of Kerala. “Incidents of wild animals entering villages and killing and injuring humans are on the...

10 people arrested on conversion charges in India

Police arrested 10 people under the stringent anti-conversion law after a raid on a Christian prayer gathering in a central Indian state. Some 70 Christians had gathered at a private residence in Kotwali in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh state on May 13 when a...

‘Hidden agendas’ behind ethnic conflict in Indian state

Divisive ideologies and agendas are the root cause of an ethnic conflict that has led to violence against Christians and attacks on churches in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, said Indian Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal, the state’s capital city. “Hidden...

Nigeria: Suspected Fulani militia kill 100 in ongoing attacks

The bodies of Nigerians kill-ed in a May 15-16 terror attack are piled in a mass grave, and will soon be buried. The killings come amid years of violence in northern and central Nigeria, perpetrated by Muslim Fulani herding com-munities and Islamist terrorist groups,...