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...

Serving the Hidden Church in Somalia

May 28, 2025 — 5/28/2025 Somalia (International Christian Concern) — In one of the world’s most hostile environments for Christians, International Christian Concern (ICC) is quietly and carefully meeting with Christians in the shadows....

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....

ICC Releases Report Highlighting Mauritania’s Complex Religious Freedom

May 14, 2025 — 5/14/2025 Mauritania (International Christian Concern) — In a newly released country brief, International Christian Concern (ICC) explores the nuanced and often overlooked reality of religious freedom in Mauritania, one of...

Faces of the Persecuted | Yasmin

May 12, 2025 — Throughout the month of May, you will come face to face with the reality of persecution through the stories of seven courageous believers ICC helped rescue. They are not just...

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...

6 Christians Killed in Latest Attacks in Nigeria

May 8, 2025 — 5/8/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least six people were brutally killed and several others injured in a recent attack on the predominantly Christian communities of Marit and Gashish...

Faces of the Persecuted | Pastor Ojih

May 8, 2025 — Throughout the month of May, you will come face to face with the reality of persecution through the stories of seven courageous believers ICC helped rescue. They are not just...

DRC, Rwanda Reportedly Near Peace Deal

May 6, 2025 — 5/6/2025 DRC (International Christian Concern) — Massad Boulos, a senior official in the U.S. Department of State focused on Africa affairs, announced this week that the DRC and Rwanda have...

How Media Outlets Avoid the Religious Aspects of Violence in Nigeria

May 5, 2025 — 5/5/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — You would think it's hard to overlook the religious motivation of a massacre when the victims are all Christian and the massacre takes place...

Faces of the Persecuted | Sarie Audu

May 5, 2025 — Throughout the month of May, you will come face to face with the reality of persecution through the stories of seven courageous believers ICC helped rescue. They are not just...

Committee: Driver Deliberately Caused Easter Parade Crash that Killed 6

May 1, 2025 — 5/1/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — A government-appointed committee determined that the driver of an 18-wheel truck that plowed into an Easter parade on Sunday, April 21, in the town...