Pelumi Salako, Author at Crux

Women and children who were rescued after being held in a forest after they were abducted from the Woro community by gunmen in February receive medical attention at a hospital Ilorin, Nigeria, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Credit: Abubakar Khadijak/AP.)

Church in Africa

‘We saw death and suffering’: Dozens of Nigerians freed after 6 months in jihadi captivity

by Pelumi Salako August 10, 2026

Razed homes are seen a day after an attack that left dozens dead in the Muslim-majority village of Woro, Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2026. (Credit: Pelumi Salako/AP.)

Church in Africa

In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up

by Pelumi Salako, Ope Adetayo and Associated Press February 7, 2026

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