NIGERIA – You Can Join Prayer Vigil for Captive Christian Leah Sharibu on Her 17th Birthday
CBN News | Steve Warren | May 13, 2020 The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), a coalition partner of Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), will host a special online prayer vigil for kidnapped Christian…
ADVISORY – Advocacy Group, Concerned Christians Host Prayer Vigil for Leah Sharibu on Her 17th Birthday
*** VIRTUAL EVENT ADVISORY *** Save the Persecuted Christians | For Immediate Release | May 13, 2020 CONTACT:Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com May 14 Prayer at 4 p.m. ET Will Lift Up…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christians and their Endless Persecution
Family Research Council | Lela Gilbert | May 11, 2020 Christians murdered in Nigeria. Attacks on Christian villages across Nigeria. And, just this week, a Nigerian Christian leader, his wife and…
BURKINA FASO – “A disaster within a disaster”—In Burkina Faso, terrorism and COVID-19 pose a double threat
Aleteir | Maria Lozano | May 9, 2020 For those directly affected by consistent terrorist attacks in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, the coronavirus is “a disaster within a disaster,”…
NIGERIA – A Mother’s Day Prayer for a Nigerian Miracle
Real Clear Religion | Lela Gilbert | May 8, 2020 For most of us, Mother’s Day marks an annual occasion for celebrating the blessings of family. While celebrations will be…
NIGERIA – Four Christians Killed, Head of High School and Family Shot in North-central Nigeria
Morning Star News | May 7 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot and wounded a Christian leader and his family in one part of Plateau state on Tuesday (May 5), two…
NIGERIA – Committee Calls for U.S. Special Envoy to Nigeria to Stop the ‘Silent Slaughter’ of Christians
Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams | May 5, 2020 The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) has called for the appointment of U.S. Special Envoy to Nigeria, asserting that the country…
NIGERIA – 17th birthday: Leah Sharibu’s parents accuse FG of deceiving Nigerians
PUNCH | May 4, 2020 Parents of Leah Sharibu, who was abducted two years ago by Boko Haram insurgents, have said the Federal Government has been deceiving Nigerians and the…
NIGERIA – Forty Percent of Nigerians Live in Poverty: Stats Office
New York Times | May 4, 2020 Forty percent of people in Nigeria live in poverty, figures published by the statistics office on Monday showed, highlighting the low levels of…
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…
CAMEROON – Cameroon admits soldiers, ‘vigilantes’ killed 10 kids, 3 women in massacre
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | April 29, 2020 Authorities in Cameroon have admitted that soldiers were involved in the killing of three women and 10 children in a mid-February…
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…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram/ISWAP recruiting in Lake Chad region, says MNJTF
The Guardian | Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri | April 28, 2020 The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has raised the alarm on Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ recruitment…
NIGERIA – These schoolgirls survived Boko Haram. Now they face a pandemic.
National Geographic | Nina Strochlic | April 22, 2020 EVERY MAY, THERE’S a party in northeastern Nigeria to celebrate a unique anniversary: the release of more than 100 young women from…
NIGERIA – How the ‘Evil Called Barack Obama’ Enabled the Genocide of Nigerian Christians
American Thinker | Raymond Ibrahim | April 21, 2020 Not only is Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari behind what several international observers are calling a “genocide” of Christians in his nation, but…
VIRTUAL EVENT – Save the Persecuted Christians, Coalition Partners Lead Special Hour of Prayer Today for Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians April 21, 2020 Group Continues to Call for Special Envoy to Nigeria, as Organization Leaders Set to Meet with Trump Administration Officials WASHINGTON—Nigeria is in the…
NIGERIA – Is the World Ignoring a Christian Genocide in Nigeria?
Providence | Lela Gilbert | April 21, 2020 How much do Westerners know about Nigeria? Do we recognize it as Africa’s largest nation? Are we aware of its considerable economic…
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…
AFRICA – COVID-19 makes life harder for hundreds of thousands of Africa’s persecuted Christians
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | April 20, 2020 As the COVID-19 outbreak begins in sub-Saharan Africa, hundreds of thousands of Christian believers, who are already persecuted for their faith,…
NIGERIA – American soft power can help protect Christians in Nigeria
Washington Examiner | William Upton | April 19, 2020 Christians continue to be one of the most heavily persecuted religious sects around the world. Despite the dominance of Christianity in the…
AFRICA – Christian persecution worsening due to COVID-19
CHVN | Libby Giesbrecht | April 19, 2020 The persecution of Christians for their faith around the world is getting worse during the global COVID-19 pandemic. According to Open Doors USA,…
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 – Christians Killed in Ambushes in Two North-Central States in Nigeria
Morning Star News | April 14, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria decapitated two Christians in Benue state on Monday (April 13), and another group of herdsmen in Plateau state…
NIGER – Missionary abducted in Niger shown alive in video released by jihadists
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | April 14, 2020 A Catholic missionary priest who was abducted in Niger in 2018 is still alive, according to a proof-of-life video released last…
AFRICA – Christians threatened as Islamists push for control of Africa’s Sahel
National Catholic Reporter | Jonathan Luxmoore | April 13, 2020 As the coronavirus threatens new social and economic dislocations across Africa, it will be but one more complication in the…
NIGERIA – Seven travellers killed in suspected Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Premium Times | April 13, 2020 At least seven persons were on Sunday killed after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked two vehicles traveling along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, sources said. The attack…
NIGERIA – Northern Christian elders want Buhari to rescue Leah Sharibu
Punch | Godwin Isenyo | April 12, 2020 Christian elders from the North on Saturday, asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to take the advantage of the pressure…
BURKINA FASO – “Jihadists Martyred Him for Refusing to Renounce Jesus Christ”: The Persecution of Christians, February 2020
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | April 12, 2020 On Sunday, February 16, Islamic gunmen raided a church during service and slaughtered 24 worshippers, including their pastor; 18 other congregants were…
NIGER – Priest Kidnapped in Niger in 2018 Seen in Recent Jihadist Video
International Christian Concern | April 12, 2020 Father Pierluigi Maccalli had been living in and serving the people of Niger for 11 years before he was taken by jihadists in…
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…
INDIA – Christians in India’s Karnataka State Endure Spike in Persecution
International Christian Concern | April 5, 2020 Since the beginning of 2020, there has been a dramatic escalation in Christian persecution in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Reports of…
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 – Muslim militants burn elderly alive in Nigeria as terrorized villagers wait for help
Zenger | Lawrence Zongo | April 3 , 2020 Armed hordes of Muslim militants rampaged through villages in central Nigeria this week, killing unarmed farmers and burning people alive in their houses. In…
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 – Professor in Prison for Running Christian Orphanage in Sharia Run State of Nigeria
International Christian Concern | March 25, 2020 Prof. Solomon Tarfa and his wife Mercy, founded an orphanage called Du Merci in 1996 in Kano State, Nigeria. The home has helped…