In a house close to the church, Layla Wana sat alone with her husband under a big Christmas tree. “We’re not feeling the Christmas spirit at all,” said Wana, 67, dressed in a black tracksuit.

Christians traveling on buses for Christmas holiday close to the border with Somalia have recently become targets of the Somalian militant group, al-Shabaab.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the old tower, which was located about 3km (1.9 miles) from the border, was built in 1971. It was on top of a hill in Gimpo, west of Seoul and could be seen ...