RELEASE – Demonstration in Omaha to Free the Slaves of Nigeria
For Immediate Release June 3, 2021 Committee to Free Nigerian Slaves Calls for an End to Modern-Day Bondage WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Saturday, June 5, at 10 A.M., the Committee…
RELEASE – United States Takes Action Against Violators of Religious Freedom
Save the Persecuted Christians | December 16, 2020 CONTACT:Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com, Nick DiFazio, 610.584.1096, ext. 104, or Deborah Hamilton, ext. 102 Save the Persecuted Christians Applauds the Designation of Nigeria as a…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Responds to Recent Attacks in Northeastern Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians | December 1, 2020 ‘There Must Be Accountability for These Violent Attacks’ WASHINGTON— Many civilians are dead after armed men on motorcycles gruesomely attacked agricultural workers in northeastern…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Encourages Attendance Side-Events to the Polish Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
For Immediate Release | November 10, 2020 ‘Christians Have a Responsibility to Inform Themselves’ WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), a leading international human rights advocacy group which works on behalf of hundreds of…
RELEASE – STPC Draws Attention to Hidden Genocide and Christian Persecution in Nigeria
For Immediate Release | October 27, 2020 Nigerian Christians Join #EndSARS Protests toShine Spotlight on Nigerian Government’s Problems WASHINGTON — Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Jihadists Kill 14 Farmers in Northeast Nigeria
The Defense Post | October 13, 2020 Fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed 14 farmers in restive northeast Nigeria, members of a government-backed militia said Tuesday. The sources…
NIGERIA – Christian Leaders and Congressmen Call for Action in Nigerian Christian Genocide
Decision Magazine | Jerry Pierce | September 17, 2020 As Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen continue murders and kidnappings, groups press for U.S. special envoy The United States must act…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram members attack Borno community and abduct over 100 persons
Linda Ikeji's Blog | August 19, 2020 Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have attacked Kukawa, a town in Borno State, and reportedly abducted over 100 persons. According to sources in the…
NIGERIA – 14 Baptist church members killed during suspected Fulani massacre in Nigeria
Christian Post | Blake Fussell | August 5, 2020 Fourteen members of a Baptist church in the Kogi state of Nigeria were reportedly killed during a raid by suspected Fulani…
NIGERIA – Borno: 10 Soldiers Killed In Fresh Boko Haram Ambush
Sahara Reports | July 27, 2020 At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. The attack…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills 5 aid workers in Nigeria
Xinhua | July 22, 2020 Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday released a video showing the killing of five humanitarian workers who were recently abducted in Nigeria's restive Borno state. The…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 30 Soldiers In Fresh Attacks On Borno Communities
Sahara Reports | July 12, 2020 More than 30 soldiers have been killed and hundreds others injured during separate attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State, a military source…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau Located, Chibok Girls Convert To Islam
Global Sentinel | David Otto | July 7, 2020 All the remaining Chibok Girls in the custody of Boko Haram JAS faction have converted to Islam and changed their names…
NIGERIA – Five-Year-Old Killed In Boko Haram Attack On UN Chopper
New Telegraph | July 5, 2020 Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Nigeria, Edward Kallon has condemned a recent attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Damasak, Borno State. According…
NIGERIA – Family Research Council Denounces Christian ‘Genocide’ in Nigeria
Bretibart | Thomas Williams| June 25, 2020 The U.S.-based Family Research Council (FRC) has denounced the “bloodbath” taking place in Nigeria, as radical Islamists carry on a largely unreported slaughter…
NIGERIA – In new video, Boko Haram executes abducted soldier, policeman
Premium Times | Abdulkareem Haruna | June 12, 2020 A breakaway faction of Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of a soldier and a police officer. In the video,…
NIGERIA – Persecution Continues in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | June 1, 2020 In the first few months of 2020, Nigeria’s government has done very little to protect the religious minorities that live in the country.…
RELEASE – Senators Ernst and Grassley Urgently Requesting President Trump to Consider U.S. Special Envoy to Bring Christian Genocide to an End in Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians | May 26, 2020 WASHINGTON—This May, Senator Joni Ernst and Senator Charles Grassley delivered letters to President Trump and key political figures, urging them to take…
NIGERIA – Seven children and baby among 17 Nigerian Christians murdered by Fulani militants in remote village
Barnabas Fund | May 20, 2020 Fulani militants murdered 17 Nigerian Christians, including a 70-year-old, seven children and a six-month-old baby, in Gonan Rogo village, Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna…
UN – UN at ‘pivotal moment’ in bringing Islamic State fighters to justice for enslavement of Yazidis
Telegraph | James Rothwell | May 19, 2020 UN investigators say they have made “significant progress” in helping Iraq collect evidence for a future trial of Islamic State fighters over…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram could exploit COVID-19 pandemic to launch attacks, UN warns Nigeria
The Cable | May 15, 2020 The United Nations has warned that Boko Haram insurgents could exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to carry out attacks in parts of Nigeria. In its…
NIGERIA – Fulani Militants Kill Thirty in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | May 14, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Fulani militants conducted a major attack, beginning late in the evening on May 11, on the…
NIGERIA – Watchdog Group Warns Of Boko Haram Expansion In Sub-Saharan Africa
OAN | May 1, 2020 Religious freedom watchdog group Open Doors USA reports Boko Haram is expanding its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa as governments turn their focus on combating the coronavirus. One…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christians are being silently slaughtered
Christian Today | Ayo Adedoyin | April 30, 2020 Ninety-one million Christians live in Nigeria. They make up around 46 per cent of the total population of 196 million. There…
WORLDWIDE – Christian minorities ‘back of queue’ in coronavirus aid – some rations six times smaller
Express | David Williamson | April 29, 2020 Open Doors reports that in one area of Nigeria Christian families say they are receiving food rations which are six times smaller…
NIGERIA – Couple Abducted from Wedding in Attacks in Northwest Nigeria that Kill 12 Christians
Morning Star News | April 29, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northwest Nigeria killed 12 Christians and kidnapped a couple from their church wedding ceremony in attacks this month, sources…
CHAD – Chad’s Escalating Fight against Boko Haram
Africa Center | Daniel Eizenga | April 20, 2020 On March 23, Boko Haram militants staged a complex attack on Chadian troops stationed at a base in Bohoma. The attack…
RELEASE – #BringBackOurGirls—Six Years Later
Save the Persecuted Christians | April 14, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians: #6YearsTooLong for 112 Kidnapped Chibok Girls to Remain in Captivity WASHINGTON—Six years ago today, 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram and Its Current Situation in Nigeria
Modern Diplomacy | Farzad Ramezani Bonesh, Chidiebere Favour Nwobodo | April 7, 2020 Although boko haram and ISIS have been confusingly used interchangeably due to their seemingly common characteristic, which…
NIGERIA – At least 50 Nigerian Christians killed by Fulani attacks in March, NGO reports
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | April 7, 2020 A Nigerian civil society organization is reporting that no less than 50 Christians were killed in March and 10 in the…
NIGERIA – Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill several in northern Cameroon
France 24 | April 6, 2020 Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon…
NIGERIA – Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill More than 60 Christians in Five Weeks, Sources say
Morning Star News | April 5, 2020 Weeks after human rights group Christian Solidarity International warned of impending genocide in Nigeria, Muslim Fulani herdsmen since March 1 have killed more…
NIGERIA – Gunmen kill three siblings, two women in Plateau
J Town | March 26, 2020 Gunmen, suspected to be herdmen, killed five people in two separate attacks in Kwal district, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Tuesday…
NIGERIA – Muslims massacre Christians in Nigeria—but ‘Village Vigilantes’ strike back
Zenger | Lawrence Zongo | March 23, 2020 The five men with machetes were cornered in the dark amid a stand of bushes near the village where they had come…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Calls for the Appointment of a U.S. Presidential Special Envoy to Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region
Save the Persecuted Christians | March 18, 2020 Coalition Partner, International Committee on Nigeria, Launches #SilentSlaughter Campaign WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) joined the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) at…
NIGERIA – Activists press Trump administration to aid embattled Nigerian Christians
Washington Times | Madison Hirneisen | March 11, 2020 International activists are sounding the alarm over what they say is the pervasive and violent persecution of Christians in Nigeria, Africa’s most…
USA – US offers N2.5bn for information on Boko Haram leader, Shekau
Punch | Eniola Akinkuotu | March 4, 2020 The United States Department of State is offering a reward of up to $7m (N2.5bn) for information leading to the arrest of…
KENYA – Al-Shabaab warns all Christians to leave northeastern Kenya
CP | Anugrah Kumar | March 2, 2020 The Somalia-based al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab has “ordered” Christians to leave three counties in northeastern Kenya to allow local Muslims to get all local…
NIGERIA – Nigerian elders hold service in burnt out church after Boko Haram lay waste to Christian village
Barnabas Fund | February 28, 2020 Four Nigerian church elders held a Sunday service in their burnt out church building on 23 February, two days after Boko Haram militants abducted…