Tag: Fulani herdsmen

‘We must distinguish between Islam and terrorism’

November 28, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Amman, Boko Haram, Europe, Fulani herdsmen, Hungary, IDPs, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jacques Hamel, Jan Figel, Middle East, Nigeria, Nineveh Plains, Qaraqosh, Refugees, Religious freedom

Keeping the distinction between Islam and terrorism clear could prevent an ultimate ‘Clash of Civilisations’, an EU diplomat says. “All this hatred and bloodshed is a misuse of religion,” said Ján Figeľ, the European Commission’s first Special Envoy for the promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU. . . . Read More

Victims of Boko Haram, Fulani violence to receive trauma counselling

November 25, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, IDPs, Plateau, Refugees, Trauma, Yola

A trauma care centre is being constructed in Nigeria to support Christians who have suffered religiously motivated violence or abuse at the hands of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. The centre is being built by Open Doors International, a charity which supports Christians under pressure for their faith. In April, . . . Read More

45 killed in yet another attack on Christian communities in Kaduna

November 19, 2016 Nigeria ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna

A spate of attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria last weekend left 45 dead and several more injured. The attacks took place in five villages in the Kauru Local Government Area, in the Middle Belt state of Kaduna – an area mostly populated by Christians, on Sunday 13 November. Most . . . Read More

Nigerian Middle Belt state: 800+ Christians killed, 800+ injured, 100+ churches destroyed

October 26, 2016 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, Taraba

Nigeria’s Middle Belt is the scene of ever-continuing attacks on Christian farmers by mainly Muslim Hausa-Fulani herdsmen, including this past week where attacks have occurred in both Kaduna and Benue states. Now a recent report about another state in the Middle Belt, Nasarawa, shows that it too has been the scene . . . Read More

40 killed as suspected Fulani herdsmen raid Christian community in Nigeria

October 20, 2016 Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Nigeria

The aftermath of the attack in Godogodo, a Christian settlement in Nigeria’s northern State of Kaduna, Oct. 2016.CSW Nigeria Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen have killed more than 40 people in Godogodo village, a Christian settlement in the Jama’a Local Government Area in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna. . . . Read More

Nigerian Fulani herdsmen’s attacks continue amidst government inaction

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

In Waku, Benue State, one of the numerous villages in Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ displaced by Hausa-Fulani Muslim herdsmen, on 18 August a small frightened calf was tied to a stake by a group of Christian villagers. The angry mob was waiting for the arrival of its owners, herdsmen who’d destroyed . . . Read More

Nigeria: Kidnapped priest freed

September 30, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Anambra, Fulani herdsmen, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Nigeria

A Catholic priest kidnapped on Monday (26 Sep.) by Fulani herdsmen in south-eastern Nigeria was released yesterday (29 Sep). Fr. Emmanuel Dim was travelling with two other priests when they were attacked by some heavily armed men on Monday evening. “We thank God for the release of Rev. Fr. Emmanuel . . . Read More

Hurricane of violence has left landscape of blood

September 19, 2016 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sharia

Nigerian Catholic bishops, deploring have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to restore confidence amidst growing public frustration with his government. President Buhari was elected in Feb. 2015 on a platform of change and reform, but the clerics say “most Nigerians are today disillusioned by the frittering away of the high . . . Read More

Fulani attack kills 10 in Christian area

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

Ten people have been killed after another attack by ethnic Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of 16 Aug. in the Christian-dominated Jema area of Nigeria’s Kaduna state. Earlier this month, after an attack on three villages in the same area. Attacks by the herdsmen have claimed hundreds of lives. . . . Read More

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

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

Nigerian Christians displaced by Boko Haram are beginning to return home. They are being encouraged by the government, which has won back territory from the insurgents but which is also struggling to provide enough aid. World Watch Monitor received a first-hand account from church worker Isaac*, describing day-to-day living now . . . Read More

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