Tag: IDPs

DRC pastor – ‘We don’t understand why this is happening to us’

August 15, 2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eringeti, IDPs, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu, Oicha, Uganda

A relatively unknown militant group has intensified attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raising fears of the emergence of a new jihadist organisation in central Africa. For years now, one of various rebel groups operating there, the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces-National Association for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU), . . . Read More

UN condemns ‘barbaric’ Boko Haram

July 28, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, IDPs, Lake Chad, Nigeria, UN, Yobe, Yola

The United Nations has accused the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram of “almost unimaginable” violence and brutality in Nigeria. Stephen O’Brien, its global humanitarian co-ordinator, said the militant group’s actions had forced millions to flee, and that more than nine million people in the Lake Chad region need humanitarian assistance. . . . Read More

14 million affected by Nigeria conflict

July 14, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, IDPs, Nigeria, Yobe

Boko Haram’s insurgency has created a severe humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s north-eastern States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, says ACAPS, a Swiss-based research group, in its July . Over 14 million people are affected by conflict in these states and more than 10 million are in need, it says. Recent . . . Read More

Enterprising Christians see hope, despite Syria’s five years of war

March 15, 2016 Syria Civil War, Damascus, IDPs, Refugees, Syria

Of an estimated population of 17 million in Syria, 11 million have either left the country or been internally displaced by the civil war which ‘officially’ enters its 5th year today, 15th March. This was when protests began in Deraa, which quickly led to the spiral down into civil war. . . . Read More

500 days since Chibok girls’ kidnap

August 27, 2015 Nigeria Abuja, Adamawa, Borno, Chibok girls, EYN, IDPs, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Samuel Dali, Yobe

It’s been 500 days this week, since the radical Islamic group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a secondary school in the predominantly Christian village of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria. Since then, little has been heard of their fate: some are presumed to have been forced into marriages, or used . . . Read More

Boko Haram attacks intensify in Nigeria & Cameroon

August 2, 2015 Adamawa, Benin, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, IDPs, Kidnapping, Maroua, Muhammadu Buhari, N'Djamena, Niger, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Refugees, West Africa

On 25 July, 20 people were killed when a 12-year-old girl blew herself up in a crowded bar in Maroua, northern Cameroon.World Watch Monitor The radical Islamist group Boko Haram has intensified its suicide bombing attacks in northern Nigeria and Cameroon in recent weeks. On Friday (31 July) a . . . Read More

4 million have fled Syria – sixth of population

July 10, 2015 Syria Civil War, IDPs, Refugees, Syria, UN

More than four million Syrians have fled their country to escape the current conflict announced the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today. The head of the UN’s refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, called it the “worst humanitarian crisis of our generation”. Syria’s civil war, which is now in its . . . Read More

Internally displaced reach record high

May 7, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Democratic Republic of the Congo, IDPs, Iraq, Nigeria, Refugees, Sudan

The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world is the “worst in a generation” according to a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). A record-breaking 38 million have been displaced within their own country by conflict or violence. Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of Congo . . . Read More

Northern Christians accuse government of neglect as Boko Haram continue its killing spree

November 28, 2014 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Damasak, EYN, Gombe, IDPs, Islamic extremism, Jos, Nigeria, Yobe

Displaced Christians expressed their anger at the headquarters of the Church of the Brethren, or EYN Church, in Jos. Nov. 17World Watch Monitor Hundreds of Christians, displaced by the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria’s North, have been staging protests to express their anger over the government failure to protect them . . . Read More

Heavy rain in northern Iraq floods refugee camps

October 17, 2014 Iraq IDPs, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurds, Refugees

Heavy rain on Thursday in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has flooded the refugee camps where many Christians live after fleeing Islamic State militia. It has forced the refugees to look elsewhere for accommodation, which will put further pressure on other camps and Christian homes already housing relatives and friends. . . . Read More

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