Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria: Unexploded Air Force bombs found in shelled Christian village

March 16, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Three months after at least 35 deaths were attributed to the Nigerian Air Force following its bombardment of six Christian communities in north-eastern Adamawa State, community leaders have expressed concern at the discovery of unexploded bombs. The bombs were found in the village of Shaforon and community leaders say they . . . Read More

Dozens killed in spate of violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt

March 14, 2018 Nigeria African Union, Christian Association of Nigeria, Church of Christ in Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

Three more villages in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA), in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, have come under attack today, 14 March, as Fulani herdsmen continue their killing spree in the country’s volatile Middle Belt. The violence has claimed some 57 lives over the last two weeks alone. The assailants, identified . . . Read More

Nigeria Christians want International Criminal Court to investigate Air Force ‘complicity’ in ‘genocide’

March 13, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Six Christian communities in north-eastern Nigeria have announced their intention to take the national Air Force to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bombing of their communities in December. Lawaru, Dong, Nzoruwe, Pulum, Kodomti and Shaforon – in the Demsa and Numan Local Government Areas of the Adamawa . . . Read More

Protest organiser arrested as Nigerian Christians call for end to herdsmen killings

March 12, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria

Police in Nigeria’s north-eastern Adamawa State last week arrested the organiser of a protest march against the continued killings of predominantly Christian famers by mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen. Mijah Stanley had called on “all pro-democracy and civil rights organisations, faith-based and community-based organisations, as well as other Nigerians” to rally . . . Read More

Bloody clashes in Kaduna as Christian youths resist dating and conversion of Christian girls

March 8, 2018 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Clashes over the forceful conversion of Christian girls to Islam has left 12 people dead in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna. Several others sustained injuries from gunshots and machetes, while dozens of shops, houses and vehicles were set ablaze in the Kasuwan Magani Community of Kajuru Local Government Area. . . . Read More

Christian women at double risk of persecution – because of gender as well as religion

March 7, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Divorce, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Trauma, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Women

Chibok girls. Two of them were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

For the first time ever, the persecution of women as it differs to that of men has been examined by the analysts of the 2018 World Watch List. The list, compiled by Open Doors International, researches over 50 countries where it is most difficult for Christians to live. The resulting Gender . . . Read More

Death and destruction as Boko Haram launches fresh attacks in Cameroon

March 1, 2018 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Nigeria

Boko Haram insurgents continue to carry out attacks outside the borders of Nigeria, where the group began. The Islamists recently attacked two villages in northern Cameroon, close to the north-eastern border with Nigeria, leaving one person dead and many homes destroyed by fire. The 23 February attack on Virkaza and . . . Read More

Boko Haram killed Christian woman’s son to ‘teach her a lesson’ for not converting to Islam

March 1, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Pope Francis

Rebecca Bitrus was abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 and suffered because of her faith. (Photo credit: Claire Giangravé/Crux news agency)

The shocking story of Rebecca Bitrus, a Nigerian woman who suffered terrible abuse after her capture by Boko Haram in 2014, has been shared with Pope Francis at a meeting in the Vatican. Her story, shared as the Colosseum was lit up in red last Saturday (24 February) in support . . . Read More

Religious-freedom violations in education ‘under-reported’

March 1, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Blasphemy, Children, Education, Iran, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Religious freedom

A school compound in East Africa. Many children face bias in education, discrimination and abuse because of their religion or the beliefs of their parents. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A new report highlights the ways in which schoolchildren and their families experience religious discrimination and calls for it to end. The report, ‘Discrimination on the Basis of Religion or Belief in Education’, by advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), explores violations of religious freedom in schools in Myanmar, Iran, . . . Read More

Asia Bibi’s family and Boko Haram survivor visit Pope

February 26, 2018 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Pope Francis

Rome’s Colosseum was bathed in red light on Saturday night (24 February) in solidarity with victims of religious persecution, as Reuters reported. The light-show marked a meeting between Pope Francis and family members of Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and in prison since 2009, . . . Read More

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