Tag: Boko Haram

Catholic hostages ‘freed in Cameroon’

June 2, 2014 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon

A Canadian nun, Gilberte Bussiere, 75, and two Italian priests Giampaolo Marta, 47 and Gianantonio Allegri, 57, have been freed, according to officials. The three clerics, from the diocese of Vicenza in the northeast of Italy were taken hostage on the night of 4 April after a group of armed men . . . Read More

As Boko Haram violence continues, Christians and Muslims talk peace

May 28, 2014 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Jos

Jos market bombing. May 20 2014.World Watch Monitor More than 100 people have been killed in three bombings in a span of four days, all suspected to be planted by Boko Haram, in the Nigerian city Jos. On May 24, three people – including the suicide bomber – were . . . Read More

Bombs kill dozens in Nigerian Christian district and Jos

May 20, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan, Hisbah, Jos, Kano, Nigeria, Sabon Gari, Sharia

At least five people were killed May 18 by a bomb blast in the Christian district of Kano, in Northern Nigeria. That attack was followed by an even more deadly one on May 20, when two bomb explosions rocked the city of Jos, in Nigeria’s heartland. Two bomb blasts were reported, one . . . Read More

Chibok victim: Kidnappers threatened to shoot

May 9, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, EYN, Goodluck Jonathan, Kaduna, Kano, Kidnapping, Lagos, Samuel Dali

In this image captured from a 57-minute video released May 5, a man purported to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says he will sell the girls kidnapped April 14 from school in Chibok village, in Borno state, Nigeria.You Tube One of the Nigerian girls to escape her Boko . . . Read More

Boko Haram kidnaps more girls; outrage mounts

May 7, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Education, Gwoza, Kano, Kidnapping, Lagos

The number of Nigerian girls abducted by Boko Haram continues to increase, as does global outrage. Between eight and 11 more teen-aged girls were kidnapped May 4 by the Islamist group, which on April 14 abducted more than 230 schoolgirls, most of them reported to be Christian, from the northeastern . . . Read More

Christian and Muslim clerics pledge to tackle insecurity in N. Cameroon

May 3, 2014 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Georges Vandenbeusch, Maroua

About 40 Christian and Muslim leaders met in Maraoua, Cameroon on April 23-24, to promote a culture of peace and tolerance between members of different religious communities.World Watch Monitor The focus of the search for the missing Nigerian girls has moved across the Nigerian borders – to Cameroon and . . . Read More

Nigeria’s kidnapped teens feared to be abroad

April 30, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan

Sources say that some of the 230 school girls abducted from Nigeria’s North-Eastern town of Chibok more than two weeks ago have been transferred to neighboring Cameroon and Chad. Some villagers near the Nigeria-Cameroon border indicate that they have seen girls on board buses heading to Cameroon. Other reports given . . . Read More

Nigeria churches urge global prayer for 187 missing girls

April 28, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan, Samuel Dali

Nigeria’s largest church network, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for prayer and fasting for the safe release of 230 teenage school girls abducted last week. ”The CAN leadership, especially our President, has called that all Christians pray and fast [on Friday, 25th April] because of the security . . . Read More

How does Boko Haram justify kidnap of 230 Nigerian teenage girls?

April 25, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Islamic extremism, Nigeria, Trauma

As the world vacillates between outrage and numb impotence in the face of Boko Haram’s recent kidnapping of about 230 teenage girls from the mainly Christian enclave of Chibok, northern Nigeria, the questions “Why these girls?” and “How much longer?” beg yet again for answers. But from whom? A timely . . . Read More

Boko Haram suspected in deadly attacks

April 14, 2014 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Borno, Nigeria

The militant Boko Haram sect is suspected in weekend attacks on villages in Nigeria’s beleagured northeast that left scores dead. News reports said the attackers, armed with military rifles, shoulder-launched grenades and firebombs set fire to the villages of Ngoshe, Kaigamari and Anchaka, in Borno state. The attackers fired on . . . Read More

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