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…

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AFRICA – Africa’s Young Christian Communities Are Now in Islamic-Extremist Crosshairs

Hudson Institute | Nina Shea | Jan. 11, 2020 An ongoing Islamic extremist project to exterminate Christians in sub-Saharan Africa is even more brutal and more consequential for the Church…

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USA – Pentagon examining a reduction of the US footprint in West Africa

Military Times | Diana Stancy Correll The Pentagon is considering significantly cutting back its U.S. presence in West Africa, according to a new report. U.S. troops in Africa have focused…

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USA/WEST AFRICA – Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift

New York Times | Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt | Dec. 24, 2020 The deliberations stem from a push to reduce missions battling distant terrorist groups,…

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AFRICA – As Christianity grows in Africa, anti-Christian persecution rises

Crux | Crux Staff | Dec. 11, 2019 YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon - According to a new Pew Research Center report, there are already more Christians in Africa than any other continent.…

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CAMEROON – Cameroonian Bible Translator Brutally Murdered, Wife’s Arm Chopped Off in Machete Attack

CBN | Will Maule, Faithwire | Aug. 31, 2019 A Bible translator in Cameroon has been killed in a brutal machete attack. Angus Abraham Fung was among seven people who…

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RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: Murder of Bible Translator in Cameroon Is Further Evidence of Need for U.S. Special Envoy in That Region

***STATEMENT*** August 29, 2019 | For Immediate Release Group Also Calls on Law Firm Squire Patton Boggs to Cease Representation of Cameroon and Others That Commit Atrocious Religious Liberty Violations…

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CAR – 77-year-old French-Spanish nun beheaded in Central African Republic

Canadian Press | May 22,2019 BANGUI, Central African Republic — A 77-year-old French-Spanish nun who taught impoverished women and girls in volatile Central African Republic has been decapitated, local authorities…

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