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2026-10-15

  • Pastor Among Dozens Killed in Plateau State

    Photograph showing a woman comforting a tearful person wearing a colorful headscarf. Two children with braided hairstyles stand in the foreground, while adults in varied clothing fill background, conveying shared sorrow and support.
    Photo: Flickr / UN Development Programme (CC)

    A pastor was killed, and his son has been wounded, while travelling to a church in Nigeria's Plateau State on Sunday, September 20th. This attack was one of many violent incidents throughout the state that have claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks.

  • Sentencing of Elderly Korean Missionary

    Portrait of Ms. Park Tae-Yeon, wearing a black top, posed against patterned curtains.
    Ms. Park Tae-Yeon
    Photo: VOM Korea

    In January, Ms. Park Tae-Yeon was planning to return to her home country of South Korea after compassionately ministering to children for many years in eastern Russia as a missionary. However, one week before her scheduled departure, Ms. Park was detained by Russian authorities and charged with immigration-related offences. (See more information on her arrest.)