Christians Express Support for a Nigerian Truce with Boko HaramOctober 22, 2014 — ICC Note: The Christian Association of Nigeria has expressed its support of a cessation of hostilities between radical Islamic insurgency, Boko Haram, and the Nigerian federal government announced Friday by Chief of the Defense...
Chaldean Archbishop: a Mideast Without Christians?October 21, 2014 — ICC Note: Speaking to a gathering of Middle Eastern Church leaders, Chaldean Archbishop Meram expressed his concern and support for Christians across the Middle East. In recent months jihadi militants...
Boko Haram Violates Alleged Truce with Nigerian State, Claims Town for CaliphateOctober 20, 2014 — ICC Note: Following the announcement of a truce between the radical Islamic insurgency, Boko Haram, and the Nigerian government—against which it has fought for more than a decade for a...
Senior-level Nigerian Officials Allege Imminent Release of Kidnapped SchoolgirlsOctober 19, 2014 — ICC Note: Following the abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls—ages 14 to 19—from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria by that of the radical Islamic insurgency Boko Haram,...
Nigeria Announces Truce with Boko Haram, Experts Express SkepticismOctober 18, 2014 — ICC Note: Friday, the Nigerian military announced a truce between the Nigerian state and radical Islamic insurgency Boko Haram. Responsible for the deaths for more than 3,000 Nigerians this year...
Facing ISIS, Middle Eastern Evangelicals Exchange StrategiesOctober 16, 2014 — ICC Note: The threat that ISIS poses to Iraq’s Christian community is felt by Christians around the world, but perhaps more acutely by Christians in the Middle East who themselves...
ISIS Declares Christians No. 1 EnemyOctober 15, 2014 — ICC Note: Showing the religious element of its agenda, ISIS has threatened to break the crosses of Christians in the latest version of its English language publication. The cover image...
Christians Under Siege In The Islamic Middle EastOctober 1, 2014 — ICC Note: Persecution for Christians in the Middle East is nothing new, but looking across the region today the church is under attack in nearly every country. The rise of...
Sudan’s Predictable Action Against Meriam Ibrahim’s Defense LawyersSeptember 30, 2014 — ICC Note: The following stems from a conversation between ICC"s Regional Manager for Africa, Cameron Thomas, and Julia Seymour of World Magazine regarding the recent decision by the Sudanese government...
Fmr U.S. Ambassador Confirms Talks to Release the Chibok GirlsSeptember 28, 2014 — ICC Note: According to John Campbell, former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, the Nigerian government is in talks with senior Boko Haram commanders to negotiate the release of the more...
“While Nigeria Bleeds and Burns”September 27, 2014 — ICC Note: A group of Catholic bishops in Nigeria, including President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, have accused the Nigerian government of failing to...
One of More than 300 Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Found TraumatizedSeptember 26, 2014 — ICC Note: According to police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu, a 20-year-old victim of the mass-abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls by radical Islamic insurgency Boko Haram in April of this year, was found...
31 Christians Massacred, 15 Injured by Muslim Cattle Herders in NigeriaSeptember 25, 2014 — ICC Note: According to recent reports, more than 30 Christians were killed and another 15 wounded in an attack committed by Fulani Muslims just after midnight on September 17th. For...
Church Destroyed, 10 Christians Killed in Religiously-Motivated Attacks This MonthSeptember 24, 2014 — ICC Note: According to Morning Star News, 10 Christians were killed, three villages attacked and a church burnt down by Fulani Muslims in Nigeria's Plateau State this month. Violence between...
Confusion Mounts as Reports of Freed Chibok Girls Determined FalseSeptember 24, 2014 — ICC Note: Reports that a number of the 300 plus schoolgirls that were abducted en-mass by Boko Haram in April had recently escaped their captivity have since been determined false....
Lawyers Challenging Sudan’s Apostasy Law in Constitutional CourtSeptember 23, 2014 — ICC Note: Lawyers who represented Meriam Ibrahim, a mother of two released after being sentenced to death for her Christian faith, are taking her case to the constitutional court to...
