Nigeria suspects Islamic State of killing 40 in Catholic church
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigerian authorities suspect the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out a massacre in a Catholic church on Sunday in which 40 people were killed, Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on Thursday. Assailants wielding AK-47 rifles and explosives attacked the congregation at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, in […]
Nigerian forces hunt for gunmen who killed 50 at church
Owo, Nigeria AP The gunmen who killed at least 50 people at a Catholic church in south-western Nigeria opened fire on worshippers both inside and outside the building in a coordinated attack before escaping the scene, authorities and witnesses said Monday. Although Nigerian security forces have not yet identified who carried out Sunday’s attack on […]
Christian leaders step up aid as people face multiple crises in Burkina Faso
Nairobi, Kenya Religious leaders in Burkina Faso have stepped up to assist millions of citizens who crises, including conflict and climate change, have impacted. The West African nation of more than 20 million people has experienced many challenges over the past decade. Early this year, the military overthrew the government, making it the fourth coup […]
Essay: While focusing on Ukraine, don’t forget the rest of the world
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says it’s important to remember Ukraine is one of many connected crises around the world…
Joint West African force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 Islamist insurgents, including 10 commanders, in the past few weeks, as it intensifies a ground and air offensive in the Lake Chad region. Boko Haram fighters and its splinter Islamic State West Africa Province […]
Reintegrating the radicalised: How religious leaders in Kenya are helping youths to find their way back from Islamic extremism
TONNY ONYULO reports on the key role Christian and Muslim leaders are playing in addressing key factors which led youths to become radicalised…
Mali’s workers feel the squeeze as sanctions take hold
Bamako, MaliReuters Mohamed Cisse used to employ hundreds of workers in Mali’s capital Bamako before economic sanctions last month shut borders and cut the lifeblood of his construction business. Cement is scarce. Its key ingredient, clinker, comes from neighbouring Senegal, from which all but essential goods are blocked. Cisse has been forced to shut three […]
As conflict stalks Burkina Faso borderlands, hunger spreads
Dori, Burkina FasoReuters Suspended from scales in a bucket, nine-month-old Sakinatou Amadou gripped the sides of her makeshift container as a nurse at a small clinic in northern Burkina Faso checked on her recovery from malnutrition. Sakinatou’s mother is dead and she is being raised in Dori, a trading hub near the Niger border, by […]
New Zealand tried to deport extremist Samsudeen for years
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand has tried for years to deport the knife-wielding militant who wounded seven people at a mall in Auckland last week, the government said after it released more details on the attacker following the lifting of a court suppression order. Court documents made public on Sunday named the attacker as Ahamed […]
Essay: Mali’s roadmap for lasting peace has laudable goals; but it doesn’t go far enough
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEPHEN L ESQUITH, professor of political theory and global ethics at Michigan State University, evaulates recent efforts for peace in Mali…