Boko Haram kills midwife, threatens to kill other hostages, including Leah Sharibu, unless demands met
World Watch Monitor Boko Haram has killed an aid worker and threatened to kill three other hostages, including the Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu. Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, 25, who worked as midwife with the International Committee of the Red Cross, had been abducted on 1st March, alongside two other health workers, when the militants attacked […]
Dozens more killed in Nigeria as Fulani herdsmen violence continues in Plateau state
World Watch Monitor In Nigeria, dozens lost their lives during the first week of September as Fulani militants continued their killing spree in the central state of Plateau. Last month, more than 20 people – including a pastor and four members of his family – were killed in various raids attributed to Fulani militants, as World […]
Nigerian church leaders, families continue to die; US top diplomat blames ‘climate of impunity’
World Watch Monitor The acting US ambassador to Nigeria has reiterated the call of his government to the Nigerian authorities to stop ongoing killings in the Middle Belt, and the north-east of the country. Violence attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen reached a record high this year with more than 1800 deaths from January to June, […]
Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his “kith and kin” – Christian Association of Nigeria
World Watch Monitor Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership is more divided than at any time in the country’s history, the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Adamawa State chapter has declared in a letter sent to him on 1st August. Condemning the “mindless massacre” of the predominantly Christian farming communities by Fulani herdsmen, CAN claims that no […]
NIGERIA: BUHARI PLEDGES TO PROTECT NIGERIANS AS KILLINGS CONTINUE
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Christian Association of Nigeria calls for presidential intervention after five Christian youths sentenced to death
World Watch Monitor The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene after five Christian youths were sentenced to death in the north-eastern state of Adamawa, warning of a “miscarriage of justice” and bemoaning a lack of consistency in bringing killers to justice. On 11th June, a judge at the High […]
Trump tells Buhari: “We cannot allow Christians to be murdered”
World Watch Monitor US President Donald Trump decried the killings of Christians in Nigeria as he met with the country’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, in Washington on Monday. Nigeria has been plagued by violence attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt and northeast. Benue state has been particularly affected, with attacks happening almost on a […]
Nigerian bishops call for President Buhari to resign over church massacre
World Watch Monitor The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has urged the country’s President to step down in the wake of a massacre at a church last week. Muhammadu Buhari was due to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday where they were expected to discuss strategies for fighting terrorism. Thousands of […]
Nigerian Christians want International Criminal Court to investigate Air Force ‘complicity’ in ‘genocide’
World Watch Monitor Six Christian communities in north-eastern Nigeria have announced their intention to take the national air force to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bombing of their communities in December. Lawaru, Dong, Nzoruwe, Pulum, Kodomti and Shaforon – in the Demsa and Numan Local Government Areas of the Adamawa state – […]
Fresh Boko Haram abductions threaten gains for girls’ education in Nigeria
Thomson Reuters Foundation The kidnapping of dozens more schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram militants could undermine efforts to keep girls in schools and threaten progress on women’s education in the region, experts said on Friday. At least 76 schoolgirls from the village of Dapchi were snatched by a faction of the Islamist group […]