Tag: Kaduna

5 Things to know about violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt

September 11, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Iran, Islamic extremism, Kaduna, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Taraba, West Africa

A village head inside his destroyed home in one of the villages in Southern Kaduna that were attacked by Fulani herdsmen, in May 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

In northern Nigeria, targeted violence against Christians comes not only from the Islamic militants of Boko Haram. Clashes with militants among the predominantly Muslim Fulani herdsmen have claimed thousands of Christian lives in Nigeria’s Middle Belt – the handful of states straddling the pre-colonial line dividing Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north from . . . Read More

‘There will never be peace for Nigeria’s Middle Belt unless there’s equality and justice’

September 11, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Kaduna, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Sahel, West Africa

Obscured by Boko Haram’s headlines, violence has also raged further south, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt: a less reported, years-long campaign which experts now believe has been responsible for more deaths than Boko Haram. Militants among the ethnic Fulani, a predominantly Muslim and nomadic population of cattle herders, are suspected of targeting . . . Read More

Almost 500 Nigerian community leaders meet to resolve conflict, but Kaduna attacks continue

July 27, 2017 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan

The largest meeting so far on the long-running conflict in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria has seen about 480 people, including Christian and Muslim community leaders, try to map out ways of ending the violent attacks in the so-called ‘Middle Belt’ state. Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, who organized the one-day meeting in Kafanchan, . . . Read More

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 is also the scene of ever-continuing attacks on Christian farmers by mainly Muslim Hausa-Fulani herdsmen, as a report from IRIN . . . Read More

75% of north-east Nigeria’s water and sanitation infrastructure destroyed

May 18, 2017 Nigeria Bauchi, Boko Haram, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Plateau, Sharia

Gloria Shehu is one of the people in north-east Nigeria set to benefit from the UN’s humanitarian fund targeting the devastation from the conflict with Boko Haram. Yesterday (17 May) the agency stepped up a call for more money, reminding that “the number of people close to sliding from emergency . . . Read More

Nigeria: Bishop accuses authorities of inaction in face of ‘wave of terror’

May 2, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Nigeria, Terrorism

Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri from Kafanchan in Nigeria visiting ACN International office in Königstein, 19th April 2016.

A Catholic Bishop has accused the authorities in Nigeria of the suspected supply of arms to an Islamist terrorist network, which he claims has infiltrated federal and state governments. Bishop Joseph Bagobiri of Kafanchan, Kaduna state, said he believed that the government has done little or nothing to stem “a . . . Read More

Violence in Southern Kaduna fuelled by government support for Fulanis, says Bishop

March 28, 2017 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Jos, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Nigeria

The Bishop of Kafanchan, in Nigeria’s volatile region of Southern Kaduna, has denounced the violence of the Fulani as fuelled by government complicity. “The crisis here has persisted because of the way and manner the Federal and State governments, as well as the Security Agents are handling it”, said Mgr. . . . Read More

As Nigerian government resorts to curfew in S. Kaduna, locals blame ‘years of impunity’

February 28, 2017 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan

In northern Nigeria, a 24-hour curfew has been reinstated in parts of southern Kaduna, following the deadly attacks a week ago, carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen. However, locals say security measures such as this have already proved ineffective, as recent attacks have happened despite them. The attacks on 19 . . . Read More

UPDATE: Kidnapped German archeologists freed; no ransom paid

February 27, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Lagos, Middle Belt, West Africa

In the village of Goska, houses were destroyed, churches burnt and shops vandalised in a December attack.World Watch Monitor UPDATE (27 Feb): Two German archaeologists kidnapped in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna were freed on Saturday (25 Feb). Peter Breunig and Johannes Buringer were taken by gunmen on 22 . . . Read More

At least 26 killed, despite increased Nigerian Army presence in S. Kaduna

February 22, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Fulani herdsmen, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Lagos, Nigeria

UPDATE (22 Feb): Heavily-armed Fulani herdsmen carried out raids on communities in Kaduna State, central Nigeria, on 19 and 20 February, destroying homes and claiming at least 26 lives, including two policemen. According to CSW, hundreds of militiamen reportedly descended on Bakin Kogi in the Kaninkon Chiefdom of Jema’a Local Government . . . Read More

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