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NIGER: Released priest reveals details of kidnapping ordeal
A priest who spent two years in captivity with a jihadist group in the Sahel region revealed…
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NIGER: Jihadist attack on Christians in Tillaberi
International Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has received reports of a jihadist attack…
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NIGER: Fears that COVID-19 riots could lead to Church attacks
Niger’s Christians fear they could be attacked, following violent protests by “fundamentalist Muslim extremists” over COVID-19 bans…
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NIGER: Priest rejoices as new video shows kidnapped brother still alive
A missionary priest has expressed his “joy” and “surprise” after a video was released showing that his…
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NIGER: The brother of a priest abducted a year ago still hopes for his return
ONE year after the abduction of Italian priest Father Pierluigi Macalli in Niger, his brother Father Walter…
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NIGER: Growing fears that kidnapped priest is in hands of Islamist extremist
A priest has spoken out about the shock kidnapping of one of his fellow missionaries in Niger…