Tag: Fulani herdsmen

At least 15 dead in fresh attack in Benue

March 18, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria

At least 15 people are feared killed in a fresh attack attributed to suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Benue state. On 17 March, unidentified armed men stormed Tombo, in Buruku, killing residents, setting fire to properties and then taking over the deserted villages, an eye-witness told Nigeria’s Vanguard Media. . . . Read More

UPDATE: Hundreds killed in Nigeria attacks

March 11, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Agatu, Benue, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

On the night of Feb 21, at least 500 people were killed in the mainly Christian area of Agatu in the central Benue state of Nigeria. That’s according to local sources, although the figure could rise even higher – due to continuing violence and the fact that locals and relief . . . Read More

Ethnic cleansing of Christians in central Nigeria too?

November 29, 2015 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Kwara, Middle Belt, Taraba

The aftermath of a suicide bombing in Kano State, northern Nigeria.World Watch Monitor Everyone has heard of the violent atrocities committed by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, but Taraba State, in what’s called the Middle Belt of the country, is also the scene of severe violence: Hausa-Fulani Muslim herdsmen . . . Read More

Are Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?

July 13, 2015 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria, West Africa

It has been a deadly July in Nigeria. More than 200 people have been killed since June 30 in attacks that have come almost daily in the country's northern and northeastern regions, stronghold of the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram.

Are Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?

July 12, 2015 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, West Africa

March 2014 attacks in Kaduna state, in central Nigeria, left more than 114 people dead and many houses burned.World Watch Monitor It has been a deadly July in Nigeria. More than 200 people have been killed since June 30 in attacks that have come almost daily in the country’s . . . Read More

Boko Haram headlines hide persecution of Christians in mid-Nigeria, too

March 20, 2015 Nigeria Adamawa, Benue, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Jos, Kaduna, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Plateau, Sharia, Taraba, Zamfara

The whole world has heard of the Chibok abduction: the 276 girls, predominantly Christians, kidnapped by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria in April 2014. There are 220 still missing. But the publicity surrounding this serves to hide a more widespread persecution of Christians in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Nigeria . . . Read More

Gunmen kill 100 Christian villagers in central Nigeria

March 19, 2015 Nigeria Benue, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

While all eyes are on Nigeria’s north-eastern regions where the radical group Boko Haram is at last being challenged by multi-national military forces, violence targeting Christian communities in the group of states across the centre of Nigeria, known as the Middle Belt, has increased dramatically. This comes ahead of Presidential . . . Read More

Sporadic violence builds tension in CAR, many Christians victims

February 26, 2015 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bambari, Fulani herdsmen, Kaga Bandoro, Seleka

A vehicle carrying Seleka is attacked by bystanders in Bangui, Feb 2015World Watch Monitor An argument between a taxi driver and his customer has led to the death of at least 16 Christians in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). A man known as Aladji hailed a . . . Read More

2014: A year of rising hostility toward Christians

January 7, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Asia, Boko Haram, Buddhist nationalism, Central African Republic, China, Communism, Converts, East Africa, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle Belt, Middle East, Narendra Modi, Nigeria, North Korea, Religious freedom, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria

While the world’s eyes were riveted to Syria and Iraq in 2014, life for Christians worsened even more profoundly in Africa, according to an annual report on religious freedom. The situation deteriorated most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa, in countries where Islamic extremism is the main source of pressure upon Christians, . . . Read More

20 Nigerian churches destroyed during violent March

March 31, 2014 Nigeria Benue, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen

More than 20 churches have been destroyed by Fulani herdsmen during attacks on communities in Benue State, Nigeria. The attacks in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt” started early in March but resumed March 23 in the town of Gbajimba, in the Guma Local Government Area. The attacks have claimed more than 100 . . . Read More

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Tag: Fulani herdsmen

At least 15 dead in fresh attack in Benue

UPDATE: Hundreds killed in Nigeria attacks

Ethnic cleansing of Christians in central Nigeria too?

Are Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?

Are Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?

Boko Haram headlines hide persecution of Christians in mid-Nigeria, too

Gunmen kill 100 Christian villagers in central Nigeria

Sporadic violence builds tension in CAR, many Christians victims

2014: A year of rising hostility toward Christians

20 Nigerian churches destroyed during violent March

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