Tag: Nigeria

Girl with bomb says she is Chibok victim

March 28, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

Since they were kidnapped nearly two years ago from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, nothing has been heard or seen from the more than 200 girls since. Until, perhaps, 25 March, when authorities in Cameroon detained a young woman who they say was carrying explosives near the border with Nigeria. . . . Read More

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

Boko Haram still holds territory

March 11, 2016 Nigeria Africa, African Union, Boko Haram, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, UN

Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory claims, Boko Haram is still holding territory in northern Nigeria, said the head of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Gen. David Rodriguez’s assertion comes almost two months after Buhari told the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, that the terrorist group was no longer . . . 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

Christian and Muslim leaders call for peace in Cameroon

February 4, 2016 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Maroua, Nigeria

Christian and Muslim leaders in northern Cameroon have reiterated their call for tolerance and peace in the face of a surge of terror attacks by the Nigerian radical Islamic group Boko Haram. On 21 Jan., several prominent religious leaders gathered in the town of Mora to discuss peaceful coexistence. The . . . Read More

Causes of Chibok kidnapping to be investigated

January 15, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a new investigation into the April 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 school girls in the northeastern town of Chibok, and the government’s response. The girls were taken from their dormitories by the Islamist Boko Haram militant sect, sparking global outrage and promises by . . . Read More

2016 World Watch List drawn from world headlines

January 13, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Bibles, BJP, Boko Haram, Central Asia, Charlie Hebdo, Churches, Egypt, Hindu nationalism, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Kenya, Libya, Middle East, Mosul, Niger, Nigeria, Nineveh Plains, North Korea, Paris, Sub-Saharan Africa

Some of the most urgent headlines of the past 12 months, from the global spread of jihadist violence to North Korea’s test of a putative atomic weapon, intersect with an updated list of the most difficult places to live as a Christian. For the 14th straight year, North Korea is . . . Read More

Chibok girls not among 900 rescued

December 8, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

None of the 900 people freed from Boko Haram captivity earlier this month are victims of the 2014 kidnapping of schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, according to news reports. Cameroon said 2 Dec. it had freed the 900, held by the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, in Nigeria’s northern region. As , . . . Read More

Facebook safe button turned on after Nigeria bomb

December 8, 2015 Nigeria Nigeria, Yola

Facebook activated its safety check feature after the suicide attack on 17 November that killed 34 and injured 80 in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Yola, . The social networking site had been criticised for activating the feature after the attack on Paris, but not for other atrocities. The safety . . . Read More

Northern Nigerians ‘created Boko Haram’

December 2, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Islamic extremism, Nigeria, Sharia

A Nigerian bishop has accused northern Nigerian leaders of paving the way for Boko Haram. At a conference organised by the Islamic Welfare Foundation at the Fountain University in Osogbo, Osun State, the Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, said “a hypocritical elite … laid the foundation for what is . . . Read More

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