Twin Christian Girls Kidnapped in Katsina, NigeriaSeptember 23, 2020 — 09/23/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to Morningstar News, Twin sisters, Hassana and Hussaina Garba, daughters of a church elder, were kidnapped from their home in Katsina State on...
Nigerian Girl Escapes Captors Who Forced Marriage and ConversionMarch 17, 2020 — 03/17/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On March 12, the Hausa Christian Foundation (HACFO), released a statement that one young girl named Sadiya Amos was able to escape from kidnappers...
Boko Haram Kidnapped 15 Girls from NigerNovember 30, 2018 — 11/30/2018 Niger (International Christian Concern) – Boko Haram has continued it reign of terror in Northeastern Nigeria and the lake chad regions of Cameroon and Niger. Late last week, the...
Cameroonian Girls Fleeing Boko Haram Turn to Sex Work to SurviveMay 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Many Cameroonian girls who lived near the Lake Chad Basin have been forced from their homes by Boko Haram. When they fled to larger and safer areas of...
14 Year Old Girl Describes Two Attacks She SurvivedFebruary 1, 2018 — ICC Note A young Christian Girl from Nigeria relates her memories of the attacks that took her home and father. The first attack which took her home, happened in March...
80 Girls Rescued From Forced Marriages in TanzaniaJanuary 15, 2018 — ICC Note Tanzania has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. UNICEF estimates that nearly one-third of all girls in Tanzania are married before they turn...
Young Kenyan Women Relate Tales of Sex Slavery in Al-ShabaabAugust 30, 2017 — ICC Note Kenyan women held captive by Al-Shabaab relate the terrors of being forced into sex slavery, forced marriages and servitude. Many of these women came from coastal Kenya, and...
Child Marriages on the Rise in South SudanAugust 29, 2017 — ICC Note Child Marriages are on the rise in South Sudan, partially because of the civil war that is taking place. The war and the famine in East Africa are...
Female Genital Mutilations See Spike During School HolidaysAugust 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Holidays for many girls in Somalia are a time of hardship and pain. Female genital mutilation, which is seen as a human rights violation, is often conducted in...
