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Kidnapped girl appeals for rescue
September 27, 2018 | kevinA recording of Nigerian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu pleading with the government to set her free is genuine, according to her father.
The audio message released by Leah’s captors is being analysed by the government but CNN reports that Sharibu Nathan … Read More
Over 200 slaughtered in Nigeria
July 26, 2018 | adminEthnic and religious cleansing is barely reported
The latest attacks on Christians in central Nigeria have left over 200 dead.
Heavily-armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen raided mainly Christian villages near Jos in Plateau State over two weeks in June, a fact … Read More
Nigeria attacks: no end in sight
May 30, 2018 | adminThe slaughter of Christians in Nigeria continues unabated, and church leaders are calling for the resignation of the President.
New Nigerian kidnappings a “national disaster”
March 29, 2018 | adminCatholic Bishop of Yola Diocese Stephen Mamza, pictured distributing food aid to victims of Boko Haram in Adamawa state in 2015
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called the kidnapping of another 110 schoolgirls by terrorist group Boko Haram a “national disaster”.
New Year in Nigeria: 65 Christians dead
February 1, 2018 | adminFulani herdsmen regularly attack Christian villages
Muslim Fulani herdsmen continue to murder Christians in Nigeria, and the latest attacks left at least 65 dead
Nine-day massacre kills 48 in Nigeria
November 29, 2017 | adminA terrorist rampage in central Nigeria left 48 Christians dead in nine days in October, including many women and children.
The attackers were Islamic Fulani herdsmen – responsible for hundreds of murders in recent years.
The herdsmen broke down doors to slaughter families, burn houses and destroy churches in Plateau State in several attacks on villages between 8 and 17 October.
“Every one of us ran to save his life,” said church elder Dauda Samuel Kadiya of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Zanwrua. He told Morning Star News: “All Christians in villages around here have been displaced, and worship buildings have been abandoned.” Read More
Christian optician paid ultimate price in Africa
November 29, 2017 | adminIan at work in an African village, before being kidnapped
Christian missionary Ian Squire was shot dead by one of his kidnappers in Nigeria after performing ‘Amazing grace’ on his guitar.
Ian, a 57-year-old optician from Shepperton in Middlesex, has paid the ultimate price for his devotion to poverty-stricken Africans.
Initially it was thought that he had died because he could not reach his diabetes medicine, but Dr David Donovan said Ian was trying to cheer up his fellow captives before a gang member opened fire. Read More
PERSECUTION WATCH: FEBRUARY – MARCH 2017
February 2, 2017 | adminSuffering Christians: an average of five churches are attacked every Sunday in Nigeria
Plea to halt genocide in Nigeria
Christian leaders and human rights campaigners in Nigeria are warning that the systematic Islamist attacks in northern Nigeria are aimed at … Read More
PERSECUTION WATCH Dec 2016 – Jan 2017
November 26, 2016 | adminCampaigners to sue US government for failing to stop jihadist genocide
Appeal to Trump to stop genocide
Frustration over the Obama administration’s inaction over the mass murder of Christians has led the American Centre for Law and Justice (ACLJ) to sue the US government.
After a long campaign to win the term ‘genocide’ for the relentless slaughter of Christians, as reported in this paper, the ACLJ claims that the Obama Administration refuses to take action. Read More
Baroness Cox escapes assassination
November 25, 2016 | adminSource: Daily Mail online
Just over a week after Baroness Cox spoke passionately about the state of the nation and her work to protect Muslim women at an Emmaus Group conference, she was in Nigeria and the likely target for Islamic gunmen
Baroness Cox, the Christian campaigner for religious freedom, has told of her relief after she narrowly escaped an ambush by Islamist gunmen during a humanitarian visit to a Nigeria.
Baroness Caroline Cox, 79, was visiting survivors in the war-ravaged village of Jong when her group heard of a probable attack.
Minutes later, Islamic Fulani gunmen blocked the only route out of the village, in central Nigeria, and opened fire on civilians with AK47s. Read More