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Following the kidnapping of two priests another Nigerian prelate says country is at ‘breaking point’

February 08, 2024

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Following the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in Nigeria at the start of February, another leading prelate has said the increasingly dangerous climate, especially for Christians, in Africa’s most populous nation, is putting the country’s security apparatus “to shame”. “Increased insecurity continues to haunt our nation,” said Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja,

Nigerian bishop warns country risks turning into a sprawling charnel house

February 06, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A leading African prelate has stated that the lack of political will to end rising insecurity in Nigeria “is turning our country into one wide funeral home”. The Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Hassan Kukah, in northern Nigeria, issued a sweeping critique of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of the country’s multiple woes during

Survivors of Nigerian Christmas Eve massacre still sheltering at Catholic church

January 24, 2024

None of the perpetrators of a deadly set of coordinated attacks on dozens of Christian communities in Nigeria’s Plateau State have been held to account despite four weeks having passed since the Christmas Eve massacre. The death toll is now more than 300, with hundreds more injured, according to Father Andrew Dewan, director of communications

Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians raised in UK House of Lords

January 16, 2024

The jihadist extremism driving terrorist attacks across Nigeria has been raised in the UK Parliament’s House of Lords. Christians have typically been the target of such attacks. Lord Alton of Liverpool has called on the UK government to take action to help identify and bring to trial the perpetrators of recent extremist atrocities, and of previous killings

Cameroon bishops denounce Boko Haram atrocities as terrorist group wages war to create African ‘Islamic caliphate’

January 15, 2024

YAOUNDÈ – Catholic bishops in the west African nation of Cameroon, which has been gripped by civil conflict for the past seven years, have denounced rising poverty in the country as well as violence associated not only with a separatist movement in English-speaking regions but also atrocities committed by Boko Haram insurgents. In a release

US criticised for not addressing mounting ‘genocide’ against Christians during bloody ‘Islamisation’ of Nigeria

January 11, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – With Nigerians sounding alarms over what some describe as a mounting “genocide” against Christians in Africa’s most populous nation, observers are also expressing disappointment that the U.S. State Department has failed to designate Nigeria a country of special concern for religious freedom violations. Over the Christmas holidays, reports from Nigeria suggest that

Christmas attacks against Christians in Nigeria leave at least 160 dead

December 28, 2023

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon (Crux) – Attacks across Nigeria’s Central Plateau State on Christmas Eve left at least 160 people dead and about 300 others injured. The attackers started on 24 December but continued into Christmas Day. They targeted 20 Christian villages across the Bokkos and Barkin Ladi areas of Plateau State. “We were taken unawares and

Christians still attacked and killed for the Faith

December 02, 2022

Growing extremism and intolerant nationalism are to blame for increased persecution of Christians. John Pontifex says a new report by a Catholic charity must be a wake-up call