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Boko Haram’s survivors now facing HIV/AIDS

December 2, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Gwoza, IDPs, Nigeria

At least 5,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in 27 camps in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State have HIV/AIDS, a local official has revealed. Speaking to the media on Thursday (1 Dec.), Hassan Mustapha, the Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, said most of the patients were women who were rescued from captivity in . . . Read More

NE Nigeria has ‘more refugees than all of Europe’

November 29, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Nigeria, Refugees

“North-east Nigeria has been hit by a displacement crisis that dwarfs any migration flows seen in Europe in recent years,” reports . The small town of Monguno in Borno state, which has a population of 60,000, is sheltering 140,000 Nigerians who have fled their homes – comparable to the number . . . Read More

Burkina Faso: citizenship for kidnapped Australian

November 29, 2016 Burkina Faso Ansar Dine, Burkina Faso, Djibo, Islamic extremism, Ken Elliott, Kidnapping, Ouagadougou, West Africa

An Australian surgeon kidnapped by jihadists in Burkina Faso nearly a year ago, and whose whereabouts remain unknown, has been declared a citizen of the West African nation, an official decree announced on Wednesday (17 Nov.). Ken Elliot was abducted along with his wife Jocelyn in January 2016 by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists . . . Read More

Israel resettling Eritrean refugees in 3rd country

November 29, 2016 East Africa, Eritrea, Israel, Migrants, Refugees, Rwanda, Uganda

Eritreans seeking asylum in Israel are being given the option of resettling in a third country, often Uganda and Rwanda, . But Israel’s ‘policy’ of transferring arrivals from Africa has been criticised. Andie Lambe, executive director of the International Refugee Rights Initiative, an NGO that has conducted extensive research into . . . Read More

Pakistan bishops call for new census

November 28, 2016 Pakistan Catholics, Corruption, Marriage, Minorities, Pakistan, Protestants

Pakistani bishops have called for a new population census to help give a more accurate count of religious minorities, says . The last population census was in 1998. Up-to-date figures will help the government assign the right proportion of public service jobs to minorities – a provision designed to help . . . Read More

Boko Haram still active in northeast Nigeria

November 25, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Nigeria

With the onset of the dry season in northern Nigeria (Oct-March), Boko Haram attacks have been on the increase. Yaga Yarkawa, the chairman of the Chibok Local Government Area – infamous as the scene of the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls two years ago – told journalists on Tuesday (22 Nov.) . . . Read More

Nigerian girls abducted, forced to convert, marry

November 24, 2016 Nigeria Bauchi, Bayelsa, Children, ECWA, Kaduna, Kano, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Sharia, Sultan of Sokoto

More details have emerged of the scale of abductions, forced conversions and then marriage of Christian girls in northern Nigeria. For instance, in the state of Kano in the last five years, over 40 Christian girls have been abducted and Islamised, and many married to Muslims. But locals say many . . . Read More

DRC: church deacon released after demonstration

November 23, 2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eringeti, Kidnapping, North Kivu

A kidnapped church deacon has been released in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following demonstrations in the village where he works as a hospital apprentice. Godefroid Paluku was kidnapped on 18 November on the Kiwanja-Ishasha road in the Rutshuru territory of the eastern North Kivu province. He was on . . . Read More

Mariam Ibrahim: ‘Sharia causing many to suffer’

November 22, 2016 Sudan Apostasy, Islamic extremism, Mariam Ibrahim, Sharia, Sudan

Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman , says her story represents the ordeals of “many” Christians in Islamic countries forced to live under Sharia. In a rare public appearance since she was helped to travel to the US two years ago, she told a congregation in Washington DC last Saturday: “My . . . Read More

Women and children ‘indoctrinated’ in Tanzania

November 22, 2016 Tanzania Africa, Dar es Salaam, East Africa, Islamic State, Kenya, Madrassas, Tanzania

Four women and four children have been arrested in Tanzania, after police raided a house thought to be used for training terrorists. The East African website reported that on Thursday (17 Nov.), security forces from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam arrested the women and children at a house belonging . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

Boko Haram’s survivors now facing HIV/AIDS

NE Nigeria has ‘more refugees than all of Europe’

Burkina Faso: citizenship for kidnapped Australian

Israel resettling Eritrean refugees in 3rd country

Pakistan bishops call for new census

Boko Haram still active in northeast Nigeria

Nigerian girls abducted, forced to convert, marry

DRC: church deacon released after demonstration

Mariam Ibrahim: ‘Sharia causing many to suffer’

Women and children ‘indoctrinated’ in Tanzania

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