NIGERIA: ‘Leah Sharibu must have been raped and forced to convert’
A Nigerian cleric close to the family of kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu has rejected rumours that the…
BLOG: Time for a rethink on UK overseas aid
Be it in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan or Nigeria, project partners of Aid to the Church in Need…
AFRICA: As persecution grows in Africa, ACN meets the need
With attacks on Christians rising across Africa, a leading Catholic charity has announced that the continent was…
NIGERIA: Corruption and weakness are killing us
Weak and corrupt government in Nigeria is to blame for conflict spiralling out of control, according to…
NIGERIA: ‘People are dying daily’ – Bishops lead peaceful protest against extremism
Amid a surge in Islamist violence, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) yesterday (1st March) led…
NIGERIA: Christians in the north are “all marked men and women”, bishop warns
“Killing Christians” and “destroying Christianity” in northern Nigeria are top objectives for Islamist terror groups – according…
NIGERIA: Last Nigerian seminarian held by kidnappers has been killed
ACN News Briefing Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has been killed by his abductors. He was 18 years…
NIGERIA: Four kidnapped seminarians are finally named
FOUR seminarians kidnapped in Nigeria by armed intruders have been named by a leading Catholic charity which…
NIGERIA: Government are Islamic fundamentalists without bombs, says bishop
The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop…
INTERNATIONAL: Countdown to death of Christianity in parts of Middle East ticking ever louder
The countdown to Christianity’s disappearance in parts of the Middle East is ticking ever louder – and…
NIGERIA: Attacks on Christians are growing
Attacks on Christians in Nigeria are growing in ferocity and frequency – according to a priest who…
NIGERIA: The new world centre of Islamist extremism, priest tells Vatican
The slaughter of 130 Christians within six weeks – as a part of a surge in violent…