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ICC Prosecutor visits Nigeria to discuss war crimes and crimes against humanity with government

May 9, 2022 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Kidnapping, Nigeria

Karim Khan of ICC visits Nigeria, April 2022

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has made his first visit to Nigeria to discuss the next steps to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes there, for which there is enough evidence for them to come under the ICC’s jurisdiction. Ten years of ‘preliminary examinations’ (2010-20) . . . Read More

COVID-19 exacerbates discrimination against minority Christians globally

January 13, 2021 Global News -- No Particular Country Boko Haram, China, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, Human rights, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Turkey, Women

• Christians refused coronavirus aid in countries from India to Yemen to West Africa • COVID-19 legitimises increased surveillance and restrictions by authoritarian governments • Organised criminal groups use virus as means to extend their control, including over churches • Nationalism driven by majority religious identity rises in countries such . . . Read More

Church surveillance, COVID-19 controls affect China’s Christians – 1 of 5 global trends

January 13, 2021 Global News -- No Particular Country Boko Haram, China, Churches, Egypt, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, Human rights, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Turkey, Women

The emergency that dominated the globe during the past year — the novel coronavirus — also dominated the countries of the World Watch List published by Open Doors International today (Jan 13) and the lives of the estimated 340 million Christians . . . Read More

Burkina Faso: Fulani pastor brings hope to stigmatised communities

October 19, 2020 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso, Churches, Djibo, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Sahel, Terrorism, West Africa

A primary schoolboy walks to school in Dori, northeastern Burkina Faso. (Getty Photo)

The disproportionate presence of ethnic Fulani among Islamist militants wreaking havoc in the Sahel and West Africa has led to a stigmatisation of the Fulani generally, says a Protestant pastor from Burkina Faso. In April security forces went into Djibo, a town in the northern part of Burkina Faso and . . . Read More

Boko Haram has killed more than Islamic State in Iraq and Syria combined

July 29, 2020 Nigeria Archbishop Ben Kwashi, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Refugees, Women

Wenhana Sheku had her left hand cut off by suspected Fulani militants, Oct 2019

Nigerian Wanhena Sheku was working alone on her farm when a group she identified as Fulani herdsmen attacked her in mid-October, 2019. “They told me to place my left arm on a wooden log before they hacked my hand off. Then they took my severed hand and ran away. I . . . Read More

“Incessant killing more dangerous than Coronavirus”: report on Nigeria to UK Parliament

June 15, 2020 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

“The incessant killing is more dangerous than Coronavirus” …The words of a community leader in central Nigeria – after coronavirus had reached his country – after an April attack in which nine people died, including a pregnant woman and her three year old. His reaction is one of several testimonies . . . Read More

Nigeria: ‘Government is Boko Haram but without bomb’, says church leader

January 20, 2020 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic State West Africa Province, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

A mother sits mourning the death of her husband after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria on 31 January 2016. (Photo: Getty Images)

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, is visiting the United Kingdom this week to discuss trade and investment amid increased criticism from church leaders back home who say the government is effectively enabling attacks on Christians in the country. “They [the government] are using the levers of power to secure the supremacy . . . Read More

Nigeria: Violence continues but government in denial, church leaders say

July 25, 2019 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

A village in northern Nigeria after an attack by Fulani militants. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State last week. The attackers targeted the villages of Ancha and Tafigana in the Bassa Local Government area, as reported by news site Nasoweseeamonline. Margaret Wakili, 27, from Ancha – . . . Read More

Nigeria: ‘Dangerous speech and polarising narratives’ fuel Middle Belt violence – report

February 21, 2019 Nigeria Boko Haram, Elections, Fulani herdsmen, Middle Belt, Nigeria

Attacks from Fulani herders against Christians in the Middle Belt have been on the increase, [caption id="attachment_37447" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Attacks from Fulani herders against Christians in the Middle Belt have been on the increase, displacing thousands of people. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Attacks from Fulani herders against Christians in the Middle Belt have been on the increase and the conflict has become the country’s gravest security challenge. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

The use of dangerous rhetoric and religious polarisation has contributed to the escalation and can spark further violence, particularly in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, ahead of the presidential elections this Saturday, says a new report. Central Nigeria is seen as one of the most influential constituencies in Saturday’s elections “because of . . . Read More

Nigeria elections: Whomever wins, Christians hope for justice and security

February 15, 2019 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Elections, Fulani herdsmen, Leah Sharibu, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Yobe

Burned church in a village in Nigeria's southern Kaduna after an attack by suspected Fulani gunmen. Violence attributed to militant herdsmen in Nigeria reached a record high last year. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

As Nigerians are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president, Boko Haram has been stepping up attacks in the northeast of the country, making it difficult if not impossible for people to vote. On Tuesday, 12 February, the Islamist militants attacked Madagali town, Gulak, Magar . . . Read More

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