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New Anglican bishop tells of Iranian persecution and exile

July 18, 2017 Iran Iran

...death threats in his native Pakistan. Bishop Karowei was born in the Christian-majority south of Nigeria but as a doctor has treated victims of radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram....

Food aid starts to reach 5m Boko Haram victims, now at risk of famine

July 10, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Cameroon, IDPs, Jos, Lagos, Migrants, Refugees

15,000 families who are facing 'acute food insecurity' in northern Nigeria receive food aid. (Photo: Open Doors)

...It needs $172 million to help. Now the militants of Boko-Haram are slowly being pushed back by Nigeria’s army, the full extent of the humanitarian need is becoming visible. The...

Church leader seriously injured in Fulani attack in Nigeria’s Nasarawa state

July 6, 2017 Nigeria Benue, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Joseph Kurah, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, West Africa

...hundreds of lives and caused lots of damages. Many experts now believe that this Middle Belt violence has been responsible for more deaths than Boko Haram. Local and federal authorities...

Thousands of Nigerian refugees forced back home to looming famine

June 30, 2017 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, IDPs, Niger, Refugees, UN, Yobe

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Boko Haram’s insurgency have returned home, only to face another challenge: famine. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Thousands of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram’s...

Lake Chad Basin crisis to dominate African Union Summit

June 27, 2017 Addis Ababa, African Union, Benin, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, Lake Chad, Maiduguri, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger, Nigeria

...crisis on the continent”, the full extent of which has only been revealed as extremist militant group Boko Haram has been pushed back. As Mahmood notes, military reports have “claimed...

New trauma centre to help northern Nigeria’s 2.7m conflict-affected children

June 27, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Trauma, UN

...million conflict-affected children in Nigeria need psychosocial support. Reporting “that girls and boys were directly targeted by Boko Haram with severe psychosocial consequences,” the UN’s humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, expects...

Boko Haram’s boy soldiers: a ‘stolen and forgotten generation’

June 26, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls

Nigerians fled their homes in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States due to the clashes between Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram and Nigerian Army, hold on life under tough conditions at a camp in Damari, Adamawa State, Nigeria on December 6, 2014.

Embed from Getty Images Nigerians who fled their homes in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states due to clashes between Nigeria’s army and the militant group, Boko Haram, in a camp...

Persecution ‘key driver of displacement’ says UNHCR, voicing concerns about returns

June 20, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Boko Haram, Converts, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Europe, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Middle Belt, Migrants, Nigeria, Refugees, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, UN

...been terrorised by the Boko Haram insurgency in the north and Fulani militia violence in the Middle Belt. Eritrea remained the ninth-largest country of origin for refugees, with 459,400 at...

Deadly conflict tearing Nigeria apart (and it’s not Boko Haram)

June 15, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Middle Belt, Nigeria, West Africa

In Nigeria, it’s not only the northeast regions, stronghold of the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram, that have been the scene of severe violence. The Middle Belt of the country...

Archbishop of Canterbury: ‘Conservative attitudes can be passport for misogyny’

June 8, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Belgium, Boko Haram, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Pakistan, Punjab, Religious freedom, Trauma, Women

Women are often subject to discrimination and rejection due to social, legal and cultural norms, especially in patriarchal societies. (Photo: Open Doors International)

...means of sending a message to a religious community. Why did Boko Haram kidnap young girls in Nigeria? The violence perpetrated against those girls was a message to send fear...

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