Tag: Nigeria

Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of raping women and girls who fled Boko Haram

May 24, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Divorce, IDPs, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

Women and girls detained by Boko Haram have then been raped by their military ‘rescuers’ reports Amnesty International in a report that has taken two years and 250 interviews. Nigerian troops sometimes separated women from their husbands and raped them, sometimes in exchange for food, in refugee camps, the rights . . . Read More

Nigeria: 10 killed in Kogi state as herdsmen attacks move south

May 16, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Donald Trump, Fulani herdsmen, Kogi, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

At least ten people were killed as suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Christian communities in Kogi state on Monday, 14 May. Nigeria has been plagued by violence attributed to the herdsmen, particularly in the Middle Belt and northeast. But now the violence is also affecting the predominantly Christian south states, with . . . Read More

Nigeria: Leah Sharibu’s 15th birthday passes in captivity

May 15, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Hijab, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Yobe

The single remaining Nigerian teenager still being held captive by Boko Haram following a raid on her school in February had her 15th birthday yesterday (14 May) in captivity, reported Nigeria’s Premium Times. Leah Sharibu was the only Christian taken when the militant Islamist group abducted 110 girls during a . . . Read More

Nigeria: Fulani herdsmen conflict has growing religious dimension – BBC

May 11, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Benue, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Donald Trump, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Maiduguri, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sahel, West Africa

Following the shooting dead of two Catholic priests and over a dozen parishioners at a church in Nigeria’s Middle Belt last month, the BBC has visited the village and spoken to survivors. Fr. Joseph Gor and Fr. Felix Tyolaha were killed during the morning Mass at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, in . . . Read More

Nigerian Christians ask UK to help bring ‘healing, forgiveness and reconciliation’

May 4, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dapchi, Fulani herdsmen, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigerian Christian leaders met with the British High Commissioner to Nigeria this week to ask for help in establishing a Truth, Peace and Reconciliation Commission to bring “healing, forgiveness and reconciliation to Nigeria”. The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), which met with Paul Arkwright in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on . . . Read More

Trump tells Buhari: ‘We cannot allow Christians to be murdered’

May 1, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Dapchi, Donald Trump, Fulani herdsmen, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sahel, Sub-Saharan Africa, USA

US President Donald Trump decried the killings of Christians in Nigeria as he met with the country’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, in Washington yesterday (30 April). Nigeria has been plagued by violence attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt and northeast. Benue state has been particularly affected, with attacks happening . . . Read More

Nigerian bishops call for Buhari to resign over church massacre

April 30, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has urged the country’s President to step down in the wake of a massacre at a church last week. Muhammadu Buhari is due to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington today (30 April) and is expected to discuss strategies for fighting terrorism. . . . Read More

Nigeria: 7 more killed in another Benue attack

April 27, 2018 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Nigeria

At least seven people were killed after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked another church in Benue State yesterday (26 April). The attack came two days ago after the massacre of 19 worshippers, including two priests, at a Catholic church in Gwer West Local Government Area. In the early hours of yesterday . . . Read More

Nigeria: pressure on Buhari to act increases after latest massacre

April 26, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari – criticised for his lukewarm attitude towards the Fulani herdsmen held responsible for numerous attacks in the country – has come under more pressure to take decisive action following the latest massacre at a Catholic church in the Middle Belt state of Benue. On Tuesday (24 . . . Read More

UNHCR to Cameroon: Stop deporting Nigerian refugees

April 26, 2018 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Far North, Nigeria, Refugees, UN

Refugees and IDPs, uprooted by Boko Haram related violence in Northeastern Nigeria and Far North Cameroon, are waiting for relief aid to be distributed. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

The UN refugee agency has repeated its call to Cameroon to stop forcing Nigerian refugees to return to unsafe Borno State in neighbouring Nigeria. Since the beginning of this year Cameroon has deported 385 Nigerians, the majority of them this month, says the UNHCR according to international broadcaster VOA. They . . . Read More

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