ICC Provides COVID-19 Relief for Orphans in NigeriaJanuary 19, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="120667" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 01/19/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Since 2012, Christian communities throughout Nigeria’s Benue State have suffered at the hands of Fulani militants. These extremists...
ISWAP Overrun Military Base in Borno State, NigeriaJanuary 16, 2021 — 01/16/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On Friday, January 15, militants from the Islamic State backed faction of Boko Haram, ISWAP, attacked a town in Borno State. The town of...
“May the Lord Forgive Them”January 15, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Nathan Johnson" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1610484954242{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="120673" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 01/15/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The beginning of 2020 was full of fear and uncertainty...
Militants in Nigeria Kill More than 1,900 People in 2020January 14, 2021 — 01/14/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Every year, hundreds of people are killed in violent events throughout Nigeria. This has been true since Boko Haram became one of the deadliest...
Suicide Bomber Kills Six Soldiers in NigeriaJanuary 13, 2021 — 01/13/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the Nigerian military conducted an operation to clear out what they call the Islamic State West Africa Province’s (ISWAP),...
Boko Haram Abduct 40 Loggers in Single AttackDecember 31, 2020 — 12/31/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Just weeks after Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped more than 300 students from a school in Katsina State, another 40 people have been abducted...
Fulani Militants Kill Christians in Kaduna StateDecember 30, 2020 — 12/30/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Attacks by Fulani militants against Christian communities in Kaduna state continued leading up to Christmas. At least 18 people were killed and many others...
Nigeria Nearing Failed State Status, Administration DisagreesDecember 23, 2020 — 12/23/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population may be nearing a failed state status according to the Financial Times in the UK. A failed state,...
344 Kidnapped Boys from Katsina State ReleasedDecember 21, 2020 — 12/21/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – More than 300 of the boys kidnapped form the Government Secondary School in Katsina State Nigeria are now in safe keeping. According to the...
Intersociety Claims 2,200 Christians Killed in Middle Belt of NigeriaDecember 20, 2020 — 12/20/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety), a nonprofit based out of Nigeria, has released a report in which...
Boys Kidnapped from School in Nigeria Alive, Government in TalksDecember 19, 2020 — 12/19/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The more than 300 boys who were kidnapped last weekend from a secondary school in Kankara, are alive and being held by their captors...
Suspected Fulani Militants Kill 3 in Benue StateDecember 17, 2020 — 12/17/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Three people were killed in Makurdi, the capital of Nigeria's Benue State, on December 16. The three individuals included a well-known lawyer, his wife,...
The First IRF Priority for the Biden AdministrationDecember 16, 2020 — Benjamin Harbaugh - Last month, I wrote an article detailing my thoughts on what the incoming Biden Administration might mean for international religious freedom (IRF). In short, I believe that...
Boko Haram Claims Kidnap of Schoolboys, Threaten Christians Before ChristmasDecember 16, 2020 — 12/16/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed the abduction of more than 300 boys from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town, Katsina State....
Hundreds of Students Kidnapped from School in KatsinaDecember 14, 2020 — 12/10/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Gunmen stormed a secondary school in Katsina State on Friday, December 11. The Government Science Secondary School, where the gunmen raided, in Kankara town...
US State Department Includes Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, Excludes IndiaDecember 9, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] India Receives a Hall Pass Despite Sharp Increase in Persecution 12/09/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998,...
