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…
FRANCE – 3 dead, others injured in suspected terrorist attack at French church
NBC News | Saphora Smith, Nancy Ing and Tim Stelloh | October 29, 2020 The suspect in an attack on a church that left three people dead was identified by authorities Thursday as…
NIGERIA – 395 Nigerians Killed, 48 Injured In 39 Attacks In June 2020—CML Report
Sahara Reporters | Sarah Roberts | July 1, 2020 As insecurity worsens, no less than 395 Nigerians were killed in different attacks across the country in the month of June.…
SYRIA – Reminder of Persecution in Syria
International Christian Concern | June 25, 2020 On Monday, the terrorist group HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) detained one of its own former commanders for defecting. HTS raided the house of…
NIGERIA – With ‘hundreds’ of Christians killed in Nigeria in June, USCIRF urges Nigerian government to intervene
Baptist Press| Diana Chandler | June 23, 2020 Citing the murder of "hundreds" of Christians in Nigeria in June by a Boko Haram faction, U.S. religious freedom advocates urged the…
NIGERIA – SLAUGHTER IN NIGERIA
Church Militant | Martina Moyski | June 17, 2020 Islamist militants have murdered dozens of men, women and children in a village in northeastern Nigeria. According to a statement issued by the Nigerian army public…
NIGERIA – 20 Christians killed, others injured or missing in Fulani attacks that displaced 20,000
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | May 28, 2020 Armed Fulani herdsmen attacks on farming villages in the Kaduna state of Nigeria have continued as reports suggest that at least…
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…
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 – 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…
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…
EGYPT – Egypt says police thwarted Easter terror attack
MEO | April 15, 2020 An Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants were killed late on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire after the ministry of interior received information about…
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…
WORLDWIDE – Will COVID-19 increase support for religious freedom?
Christian Post | Stephen Enada | April 12, 2020 The Christian Season of Lent is coming to an end – and it’s certainly one for the books. With the spread…
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 – 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 – Nigerian priest urges Western leaders to do more for country’s Christians
Crux | Christopher White | March 13,2020 Western nations have an obligation to defend Nigerian Christians being slaughtered by Boko Haram since many are being killed because the militant group…
NIGERIA – ‘This is the worst place in the world’: US faith leaders meet victims of Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | February 28, 2020 American faith leaders met with representatives of Nigerian communities devastated by Boko Haram and Fulani tribesmen as well as key figures…
NIGERIA – ‘Many killed’, houses burnt as Boko Haram invades Adamawa town
The Cable | February 21, 2020 A source told TheCable that the insurgents broke into the town around 7pm on Friday, shooting sporadically. Soldiers who were said to have engaged…
EUROPE – The Terrorists Migrating into Europe
Gatestone Institute | Judith Bergman | February 15, 2020 A new report, "What Terrorist Migration Over European Borders Can Teach About American Border Security", by Todd Bensman, a senior national…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows: Nigerian governor
CP | Samuel Smith | February 5, 2020 The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state in northeast Nigeria has reportedly revealed that the extremist group is responsible for making…
USA – Déjà Vu in Pensacola
Crisis Magazine | William Kilpatrick | Dec. 12, 2019 Do you get the feeling that you’ve seen this movie before? On Friday, December 6, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a member of…
NIGERIA – Africa’s gathering storm
Opinion The Hill | Fmr. Congressman Frank R. Wolf & Dr. Matthew Daniels | Sept. 21, 2019 Imagine if the largest nation in Europe was increasingly in the grip of…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Is Back. With Better Drones.
The New York Times | Dionne Searcey | September 13, 2019 KONDUGA, Nigeria — Ten-year-old Abdul stood on a dirt road in a village tucked between millet fields and pulled…
NIGERIA – Terrorism in Nigeria
Aug. 6, 2019 | Douglas Burton | Washington Times | Analysis/Opinion Americans are reeling from horrific misuse of assault weapons in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, whereas in Nigeria…
ADVISORY – Nigeria Crisis Delegation Truthsquads Nigerian Vice President’s ‘Come-to-Jesus’ Meeting with Mike Pence
***MEDIA ADVISORY*** | June 26, 2019 Courageous Victims of Jihadist Violence Challenge the False, but Official ‘Farmers-vs.-Herdsmen’ Narratives of the Nigerian Government and the U.S. State Department WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, June…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Hosts Rebecca Sharibu, Mom of Leah, a Kidnapped Schoolgirl, in D.C. This Week
***NEWS RELEASE*** | June 18, 2019 Mother of Boko Haram Captive Pleads with U.S. Government to Help Free Her 16-Year-Old Daughter; Millions of Nigerian Children Like Leah Are Terrified to…
BANGLADESH – Bangladesh PM says Anyone Who Offends Islam will be Prosecuted
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 7, 2018 Bangladesh’s prime minister has pledged that anyone who offends Islam or its prophet will be prosecuted. Sheikh Hasina said the religion of Bangladesh…
IRAQ – Iraqi Youth Tells Synod Martyrdom isn’t the Only Form of Persecution
Crux | Oct. 15, 2018 OME - For Safa Al Alqoshy of Iraq, the trauma of terrorism goes beyond killing. It’s experienced in a more lasting way through the insecurity…
KENYA – Local Muslims Stone Three Christians to Death During Protest
International Christian Concern | Sept. 22, 2018 On September 22, 2018, a family in western Kenya laid one of their kin to rest after he and two other men were…