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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…
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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…
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NIGERIA: Attacks on Christians are growing
Attacks on Christians in Nigeria are growing in ferocity and frequency – according to a priest who…
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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…
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NIGERIA: State governor accused of colluding in ‘genocide’
Priest calls for action after death of up to 130 people within six weeks A state governor…
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NIGERIA: ‘I watched as my husband was butchered to death’
The full horror of Islamist militia violence in north-east Nigeria has been revealed in a Christian woman’s…
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NIGERIA: Upsurge in Boko Haram violence ahead of election
Renewed Boko Haram attacks in the days leading up to Nigeria’s presidential election show that the extremists…
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NIGERIA: Family’s fresh plea for release of Christian schoolgirl held by terrorists
The family of a Nigerian schoolgirl being held by an Islamist terrorist group has called on fellow…
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NIGERIA: Bishop says attacks by Fulani militants are a forgotten tragedy
Violent attacks by Fulani herdsmen are a worse threat to Nigeria’s Christian community than aggression by Islamist…
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NIGERIA: Extremists with ‘sophisticated weapons kill families, burn houses and destroy crops’, says archbishop
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Plateau State (© Aid to the Church in Need) Militant…
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NIGERIA: Bishop – Threat of genocide against Christians
Prelate calls on West to act over “ethnic cleansing” A bishop in Nigeria has warned of the…
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NIGERIA: Bishop – Militants’ master plan to wipe out Christianity
Who is funding terror groups killing Christians? Why can’t the government protect lives? ISLAMIST nomadic herdsmen are…