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Nigerian Fulani herdsmen’s attacks continue amidst government inaction

October 11, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Enugu, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

...the Boko Haram violent conflict in 2011, the Hausa-Fulani Muslim herdsmen took advantage of the ‘conflict environment’ to launch attacks against Christian communities, particularly in the Middle Belt region of...

Women in Boko Haram fighting, not just cooking

October 4, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Nigeria, Women

Female members of the radical Islamic group Boko Haram are almost as likely as men to be deployed as fighters in northeast Nigeria, challenging a widespread perception that these women...

‘We are in a catastrophe’

September 23, 2016 Ban Ki-moon, Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Diffa, Lake Chad, London, Mahamadou Issoufou, New York, Niger, Nigeria, Samuel Dali, Sub-Saharan Africa, UN

...by Boko Haram’s intensifying insurgency over the past two weeks are calling on the international community to act urgently against the region’s ongoing humanitarian “catastrophe”. Presidents Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria), Mahamadou...

Talks to free Chibok girls failed three times

September 20, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

...once at the last minute even after the president had agreed to free imprisoned Boko Haram fighters. Another time, talks failed because key members of Boko Haram’s negotiating team were...

Freedom of religion or belief ‘the defining issue of our time’

September 16, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Angela Merkel, Boko Haram, Canada, Copts, Egypt, India, Iraq, Islamic State, Jan Figel, Kandhamal, Myanmar, New York, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Shahzad Masih, Shama Bibi, Syria

...coming from non-government forces such as ISIS, Boko Haram and others, and in countries where governments are dysfunctional or where leaders turn a blind eye. The only positive development he...

Rising Islamist militancy across Sahel belt threatens African Christianity

September 8, 2016 Agadez, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, Beatrice Stockly, Islamic extremism, Ivory Coast, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Muammar Gaddafi, Niger, Sahel, Timbuktu, Tuareg, West Africa

...region include Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS). A new report from Open Doors International, a charity providing support to the global Church under...

Maiduguri trauma centre for Boko Haram victims

August 23, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Trauma

An Anglican church in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northern Nigeria, is building a clinic and trauma centre for the victims of Boko Haram attacks. The Bishop of...

Fulani attack kills 10 in Christian area

August 17, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Kaduna, Nigeria

...a study by Premium Times claims at least 1,269 lives have been lost in such attacks. “This is another jihad like the one waged by Boko Haram in the north-east...

Nigerian Christians return to rebuild lives in communities liberated from Boko Haram

August 16, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Joseph Kurah

Children at one of the few schools operating in Adamawa state, January 2016 (World Watch Monitor) Nigerian Christians displaced by Boko Haram are beginning to return home. They are being...

Chibok girls shown ‘alive’

August 15, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

A video released by the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, appears to show some of the schoolgirls they abducted in April 2014 from the northern Nigerian town of Chibok. The...

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