ICC Note: Christians are now returning to their deserted homes in northeastern Nigeria in droves from where Islamist terror group Boko Haram displaced them. These communities have, for the most part, been liberated, due to the Nigerian Army’s efforts to clear the northeast of the insurgents, and the government has been encouraging the displaced persons to return to their homes and begin rebuilding their lives. Several Christians remain afraid of returning because they fear that Boko Haram will strike again. However, they are happy to be leaving the displacement camps where the supplies are low and thousands are starving.

08/18/2016, Nigeria (World Watch Monitor) – Nigerian Christians displaced by Boko Haram are beginning to return home.

They are being encouraged by the government, which has won back territory from the insurgents but which is also struggling to provide enough aid.

World Watch Monitor received a first-hand account from church worker Isaac*, describing day-to-day living now that the population is back in a mostly Christian part of Adamawa, one of the states most affected by the Islamist insurgents.

He found people full of hope as they began to pick up their lives back in their desolated towns.

“The car chewed up the many kilometres of our journey. Large regional highways turned into narrow winding roads. In the pouring rain, the car found it hard to grip on the uneven surfaces.

“The government has won back territory from Boko Haram and encouraged people to return home. I was going to visit some of the families in Christian-dominated Adamawa.

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