Essay: After Christmas attacks in Plateau State, 2024 must be the year Nigeria’s nightmare ends
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, calls for action – both from Nigerian authorities and the international community – to address the ongoing “nightmare” of violence in Nigeria…
Deaths from latest Nigerian inter-communal clashes pass 100
Bauchi, Nigeria Reuters The death toll from fighting between farmers and herders in Nigeria’s north-central state of Plateau has risen beyond 100, with locals searching in the bush for more bodies, residents and local authorities said on Friday. Gunmen stormed villages and burned several houses in the Mangu local government area on Tuesday, with at […]
Nigeria’s herder-farmer conflict escalates due to government inaction – Amnesty International
World Watch Monitor Almost 4,000 people have been killed and thousands displaced in fighting between herders and farmers in Nigeria’s middle belt in the past three years, Amnesty International says in a new report. Amnesty, who started documenting clashes in January 2016, said this week violence was increasing with more than half (57 per cent) of the […]
UK Government commits £12 million to championing religious freedom
World Watch Monitor The UK Government has committed £12 million to championing freedom of religion of belief worldwide. The UK’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Lord Tariq Ahmad, said the money “will go a long way in bolstering the work of civil society and NGOs to promote respect, and the value of religious diversity […]
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, […]
NIGERIA: BUHARI PLEDGES TO PROTECT NIGERIANS AS KILLINGS CONTINUE
World Watch Monitor’s ILLIA DJADI reports…
At least 75 killed in renewed Fulani attacks on Christian community in Nigeria’s Plateau state
World Watch Monitor Up to 3,000 villagers have sought refuge with their relatives in the neighbouring communities. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor No fewer than 75 corpses have been recovered following a string of attacks by Fulani herdsmen on the predominantly Christian community of Miango, in the Bassa local government area of Plateau state, central Nigeria. […]
Christian Association of Nigeria asks President about Fulani violence
World Watch Monitor The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the main umbrella organisation of the major churches, has expressed concern to President Muhammadu Buhari over ongoing violence by Fulani herdsmen in the country’s Middle Belt states. Throughout September and October, repeated attacks against Christian communities left more than 75 dead, according to an NGO on […]
Religious leaders in Nigeria unite in ‘Appeal of Peace’ after violence in Jos
World Watch Monitor Many young people attended the meeting of Jos together with the Christian and Muslim leaders in Plateau State. PICTURE: Sant’Egidio Nigeria’s Christian and Muslim leaders have called for peace following a recent surge of violence in the central state of Plateau. On 14th September, three people lost their lives after an eruption […]