Fulani Militants Attack Nigeria’s Benue StateJune 14, 2022 — 06/14/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Early in the morning on June 12, suspected Fulani herdsmen launched an attack on Igama village. This small community is in Benue State, located...
32 Nigerians Killed in Attack by MilitantsJune 11, 2022 — 06/11/2022 (International Christian Concern) Nigeria- On Sunday, June 5, militants killed 32 people in four villages located in the Kajuru part of Nigeria’s northwest state of Kaduna. The attack came...
18 Killed in Eastern Congo by Suspected Islamic TerroristsJune 10, 2022 — 06/10/2022 Congo (International Christian Concern) - A raid by militants on June 5 in Otomabere village in eastern Congo left eighteen people dead and many homes destroyed. The attackers were...
Deradicalization Courses for Ex-Jihadists in NigerJune 7, 2022 — 06/07/2022 Niger (International Christian Concern) - Last Monday, authorities reported that over 40 former Boko Haram members had taken and completed a deradicalization and professional training course in southeast Niger....
50 People Killed in Burkina FasoJune 5, 2022 — 06/05/2022 (International Christian Concern) Burkina Faso - On May 25, an attack by armed men in the Madjoari commune of eastern Burkina Faso killed approximately 50 people, as reported by...
Over Thirty People Killed in Stampede at Nigerian ChurchJune 3, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Over 30 people were killed, and several others were injured in a stampede in Port Harcourt, a city in southeast Nigeria, on May 28....
Head of Nigerian Methodist Church Freed After AbductionJune 1, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Samuel Kanu Uche, the prelate of the Nigerian Methodist Church, was abducted by armed militants while traveling on a highway on Sunday, May 29....
Two Catholic Priests Abducted in Northern NigeriaMay 31, 2022 — 05/31/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On May 25, two Catholic priests of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in Nigeria’s Katsina state were abducted around 1:00 am. Their names are Father Stephen...
Newly Released ISIS Video Depicts Execution of Nigerian ChristiansMay 19, 2022 — 05/19/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On May 12, 2022, ISIS released a video via a news outlet of the execution of twenty Nigerian Christians in the northeast Nigerian state...
Three Churches Attacked and Looted in Northern NigeriaMay 17, 2022 — 05/17/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) On May 14, 2022, protestors attacked and looted three churches and other Christian-owned stores in northern Nigeria. The three churches damaged by the protestors were...
Extremists Kill Somali Soldiers in Coordinated AttacksMay 13, 2022 — 05/13/2022 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – On May 5, two attacks perpetrated by Islamic extremists killed eleven soldiers in Burkina Faso. Nine more soldiers were injured. While it is unclear which...
Christian Couple Face Flogging for “Adultery” After Conversion to ChristianityMay 11, 2022 — 05/11/2022 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – A young Christian couple in Sudan who have two children together are facing 100 lashes on charges of “adultery” after a sharia (Islamic law)...
Burkina Faso Supports Local Talks With JihadistsMay 3, 2022 — 05/03/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Burkina Faso, which has been struggling against a rise in jihadism and violent attacks over the last several years, has announced that it...
ISWAP Claims Bombing that Targeted ChristiansMay 2, 2022 — 05/02/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) armed group has claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed or injured 30 people at a...
Sudanese Pastor Sentenced to a Month in JailApril 29, 2022 — 04/29/2022 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week ICC reported that Islamic extremists attacked a church in Central Sudan. The militants injured the pastor, Pastor Estefanos, and beat three...
Church Attacked by Extremists in SudanApril 26, 2022 — 04/26/2022 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – On April 10, a group of Islamic extremists attacked Christians praying in a church in the village of Hajj Abdallah. The village is located...
