Nigeria hosts the highest rate of religiously-motivated violence in the world, and, according to religious freedom watchdog group Open Doors USA, a new caliphate is
Cities across Nigeria are now on lockdown as Africa’s largest country tries to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The pandemic poses a new and
Islamic extremist militants from terrorist group Boko Haram destroyed three worship sites and an unspecified number of houses in northeast Nigeria Friday night (Feb. 21),
Islamic extremist group Boko Haram reportedly released a video last week showing the execution of two Christian aid workers in Nigeria. Lawrence Duna Dacighir and
Christian deaths are spiraling in Nigeria as militant Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram terrorists escalate their attacks, according to reports from religious liberty watchdog groups
Targeted Christian persecution tailored to hurt women is trending globally, Open Doors reported in its 2019 World Watch List of 50 countries most dangerous for
“And by God’s grace, we’ll make it,” one of 276 Christian schoolgirls Boko Haram kidnapped from Chibok proclaims in the preview of an upcoming HBO
The Nigerian government should urgently secure the release of a Christian schoolgirl that Boko Haram terrorists have threatened to imminently kill because of her faith,
The United States has a responsibility to act to curtail extremist violence in Nigeria, religious freedom and human rights advocates from both countries said in
Nearly 150 children and adults enslaved by Boko Haram terrorists for sex and labor have been rescued from a remote camp in Borno state, according
More than 1,000 captives were freed and 50 Boko Haram terrorists killed this week in ongoing fighting in Borno State, Nigerian military officials said. Women,
Shaforon village in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state is all but deserted. Residents fled to the bigger cities of Numan and the state capital, Yola, when
DAPCHI, Nigeria — As many as 101 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists Feb. 19 and are still missing after state government officials
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Religious leaders in Nigeria are renewing and amplifying their call for the government to pay compensation for the destruction of churches by
NORTHEAST NIGERIA — Boko Haram’s abuse of children as suicide bombers is at an all-time high in the Lake Chad region including northeast Nigeria and
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