‘We Are Not Allowed to Farm’: Islamic Extremists Terrorize Catholic Farming Community

July 1, 2025 — 7/1/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — St. Joseph’s Parish in Layin Minista, in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Katsina state, has endured persistent attacks by armed Muslim Fulani extremists...

More than 20 Killed in Latest Plateau State Attacks

June 23, 2025 — 6/23/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least 21 people, including a Christian Fulani hunter, have been confirmed dead following a series of attacks carried out by suspected Fulani militias...

USCIRF Again Pushes for Nigeria’s CPC Designation After Recent Attack

June 19, 2025 — 6/19/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — More than 200 people are believed dead following an attack on a Catholic mission in Yelwata, Nigeria, on June 13, causing the United States...

Over 200 Christian Farmers Killed Before, After Nigeria’s Democracy Day

June 16, 2025 — Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — More than 200 Christian civilians, including children and the elderly, were killed in coordinated attacks carried out by armed Fulani militants in Nigeria’s Middle Belt,...

ICC Releases Report Detailing Escalating Persecution of Christians in Africa

June 10, 2025 — 6/10/2025 Africa (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) released a comprehensive report, "Troubling Trends: Escalating Persecution of Christians in Africa," highlighting the alarming increase in violence and persecution...

‘We Had Husbands’: Plateau Communities Struggle with Increased Violence

June 9, 2025 — 6/9/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — In Nigeria’s Plateau state, a region long marked by sectarian and communal tensions, violence continues to disrupt life for thousands of rural residents. From...

Persecuted Communities Worldwide Face New Restrictions from the US

June 5, 2025 — An executive order announced this week introduced near-total restrictions on travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, and Myanmar — countries widely recognized as...

All By Design: How Nigeria’s Islamic Extremists Get Away with Killing So Many Christians

June 3, 2025 — 6/3/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — It seems the frequency of jihadist attacks in Nigeria is matched only by the infrequency of successful prosecutions against the perpetrators. And even when...

85 Christians Killed in Nigeria’s Middle Belt in One Week

June 2, 2025 — 6/2/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least 85 Christians have been killed in a wave of coordinated attacks in Benue state, central Nigeria, during the span of a week,...

Two Years in, Nigeria’s Tinubu Has Done Little to Stem Widespread Violence

May 29, 2025 — Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — This week marks two years since President Bola Tinubu took office, elected on a platform of order and security. In the time since, research by...

Eyewitness Testimony: A Nigerian Recalls the Day Extremists Attacked Her Family

May 28, 2025 — 5/28/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — They say the world only burns when the fire reaches your doorstep. Otherwise, it is just another spectacle, far-off smoke, a sound you can...

More Than 40 Christians Killed in Attacks on Taraba Villages

May 27, 2025 — 5/27/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — A renewed wave of violence swept through two Christian villages in Taraba state, leaving more than 40 Christians dead and dozens displaced in what...

ISWAP Kills 23 Christian Farmers, Abducts 18 in Borno

May 22, 2025 — 5/22/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Armed fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) killed 23 farmers and fishermen on the morning of May 15 in the village...

8 Christians Killed, Farms Destroyed in Nigeria’s Middle Belt

May 21, 2025 — 5/21/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — In a brutal continuation of Christian persecution in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, Fulani ethnic militias recently conducted fresh attacks that left eight Christians dead and...

Boko Haram Kills 2 Christian Education Workers Near Army Base

May 14, 2025 — 5/14/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Boko Haram insurgents recently targeted Christians traveling near a Nigerian army base along the deadly Damboa–Maiduguri highway, killing two Christian teachers and injuring several others....

Global Executions on the Rise in a Trend Led by the World’s Top Persecutors

May 9, 2025 — 5/9/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog group, last month released its annual report on global executions. The report documented 1,518 executions in 2024...