On the night of November 4, 2025, a protest in Yumbe District of northern, majority-Muslim Uganda over a rumor of pork sales became a deadly mob attack on Christian-owned shops, homes, and churches in the area.
According to Morning Star News, Yosia Mikomera confirmed that a local Islamist leader had earlier shared a video inciting Muslims to “cleanse Yumbe of unholy practices,” including protesting Christian-owned shops near a mosque. The protest turned violent: angry demonstrators attacked and killed at least five believers, injured dozens more, and looted and set fire to Christian property, driving many from their homes.
Victims, according to Morning Star News, included a group of men who were members of a local church, possibly the New Revival Church. A young man named Jackson Lameriga reportedly died later that day from wounds inflicted by a sword. Another man, Collins Chadiru, later died from head injuries inflicted when he was stoned. Local police reportedly made a number of arrests, but for those believers who lost their homes, their shops, their church, and most tragically, their family and friends, this incident runs much deeper than physical wounds and lost property.
To know what happened in Yumbe is to grieve deeply — but also to understand the power of the Gospel in those lands. This is the power of the Good News: that among these people, so many have heard the Name of Jesus. In spite of death threats and mob violence, some will choose to follow Him still.
Praying!