Source: www.savethepersecutedchristians.org
Date: January 21, 2020
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Boko Haram kills kidnapped CAN chairman
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 21, 2020 Boko Haram insurgents have killed the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lawan Andimi, in Michika local government area…
NIGERIA – Two Young Christian Women Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Morning Star News | Jan. 20, 2020 JOS, Nigeria – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17),…
AFRICA/NIGERIA – “We are under siege” says the Archbishop of Kaduna where 4 seminarians were kidnapped
Agency Fides | Jan. 20, 2020 Abuja - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege",…
NIGERIA – Another Christian killed by 10-year old ISWAP member
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 19, 2020 Islamic State West African Province has released a video that shows a Christian man being executed by an Islamic State child…
RELEASE – 2020 Open Doors World Watch List Heightens Urgency of Persecuted Christians Worldwide
For Immediate Release | January 17, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Points to Nigeria’s Unchanged Ranking, Even Amid Especially Violent Year in African Nation WASHINGTON—Open Doors USA, a community of…
NIGERIA – ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
ABN TV | Jan. 16, 2020 Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday.…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Have More Checkpoints In North-East
IReportNews | Jan. 17, 2020 Following an increased number of checkpoints manned by Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region of Nigeria, the United Nations has decried the development on…
RELEASE – Deadly Bloodshed Continues for Nigerian Christians
For Immediate Release | January 14, 2020 As Ongoing Violence Is Documented, Save the Persecuted Christians Reiterates Urgent Call for U.S. Special Envoy in Nigeria/Lake Chad Region WASHINGTON—A French philosopher…
NIGERIA – Bandits Kill 35, Abduct 58 Others, Demand N100m Ransom in Kaduna – 10 Villages attacked
AF-FEEDNEWS | John Shiklam in Kaduna | Jan. 13, 2020 About 35 people have been reportedly killed while 58 others were said to have been abducted following the invasion of…
NIGERIA – Kukah describes FG as fundamentalists without bombs
Vanguard Nigeria | Chidi Nkwopara | Urowayino Jeremiah | Jan. 8, 2020 The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has described the Nigerian government as “Islamic…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram: Kidnapped CAN Chairman, Lawan Andimi cries out from captivity [VIDEO]
Daily Post Nigeria | Jan. 5, 2020 The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Lawan Andimi, who was kidnapped on…
NIGERIA – On Nigerian beheadings, “Where is the moral revulsion?”
Aleteia | Aid to the Church in Need | Jan. 2, 2020 Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, says the West readily exploits Africa’s mineral resources, but is turning a…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram jihadists behead bride, bridal party days before wedding: diocese
Christian Post | Samuel Smith| Jan. 2, 2020 A jihadist insurgency affiliated with Boko Haram brutally murdered a Christian bride and her bridal party days before her wedding, a spokesperson for a…
NIGERIA – ISIS monsters execute nearly a dozen Christians around Christmastime
New York Post | Yaron Steinbuch | Dec. 27, 2019 Enlarge Image Islamic State of West Africa Province released a video…
USA – Pentagon examining a reduction of the US footprint in West Africa
Military Times | Diana Stancy Correll | Dec. 24, 2019 The Pentagon is considering significantly cutting back its U.S. presence in West Africa, according to a new report. U.S. troops in Africa have focused…
USA/WEST AFRICA – Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift
New York Times | Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt | Dec. 24, 2019 The deliberations stem from a push to reduce missions battling distant terrorist groups,…
NIGERIA – Christian Association of Nigeria Praises US For Placing Nigeria On Special Watch List
CAN Praises US For Placing Nigeria On Special Watch List Channels Television Updated December 22, 2019 8-10 minutes The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has welcomed the idea of the…
USA/Nigeria – US places Nigeria on special watch list over religious persecution
The Nation Online | Dec. 21, 2019 The United States of America has placed Nigeria on a special watch list of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations…
NIGERIA – Gunmen kidnap pastor amid spike in abductions
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Dec. 20, 2019 Christians in Nigeria worship at a church in this undated file photo. |…
NIGERIA – French philosopher documents deadly persecution of Nigerian Christians
Aleteia | John Burger | Dec 18, 2019 Bernard-Henri Lévy provides eyewitness testimony to killing, raping and mutilation by Fulani herdsmen. The…
NIGERIA – Over 1,000 Christians in Nigeria killed by Fulani, Boko Haram in 2019: NGO report
The Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Dec. 14, 2019 St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Zangam,…
AFRICA – As Christianity grows in Africa, anti-Christian persecution rises
Crux | Crux Staff | Dec. 11, 2019 YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon - According to a new Pew Research Center report, there are already more Christians in Africa than any other continent.…
UNITED KINGDOM – Baroness Cox says, Britain must stop ignoring Christian prosecution in Nigeria
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust | Baroness Cox | Nov. 25, 2019 Baroness Caroline Cox, U.K., is a longtime human rights advocate. It has been five years since Nigeria’s Islamist Fulani…
NIGERIA – Another Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria
Premium Times Nigeria | Nov. 16, 2019 Gunmen have kidnapped another Catholic priest, Theophilus Ndulue, in Enugu State. The victim is the Parish Priest of Ihuonyia Amansiodo in Ndiagu Oghe,…
NIGERIA – (Video) Fulani Herdsmen Attack victims impacted by Mission Africa International (MAI)
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NIGERIA – The Church: In Kaduna State alone, about 500 people have been abducted
Wardesk News | Amos Tauna | Nov. 12, 2019 The Church in Northern Nigeria | The Agony of Kidnapping Activities | In Pic: Rev. Hayab in a Baptist Church in…
NIGERIA – Kidnapped Nigerian pastor freed after 7-month Boko Haram abduction
Christian Post | Samuel Smith, CP Reporter | Nov. 12, 2019 A Nigerian pastor who was abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group seven months ago was finally freed…
NIGERIA – US-based journalist, visits troubled kajuru communities
Vanguard News Nigeria | Idowu Bankole | Nov. 11, 2019 US-based journalist Magnafaith Krimi within number of people from communities with the kajuru LGA In the wake of the gruesome…
TURKEY / NIGERIA – Turkey: Arming Genocide of Christians in Nigeria?
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Nov. 3, 2019 Has Turkey used its national airline for weapons shipments to Nigeria? (Image source: Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia…
AFRICA – Terrorist Attacks Increase in Africa’s Sahel, U.S. Warns
The Wall Street Journal | Jessica Donati and Courtney McBride | Nov. 1, 2019 WASHINGTON—Africa’s Sahel region is emerging as a new frontier in the fight against terrorist groups, according…
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