Fulani Archives

Archbishop: Mass burials common as Nigerians face daily violence

Jul 30, 2020

Faith communities in Nigeria face daily violence and persecution, a U.S.-based rights group said. It called for U.S. intervention after a terrorist group executed five men abducted while providing assistance in northeastern Nigeria.

By Bronwen Dachs

Kidnapped Nigerian priest set free and in ‘good health’

Jul 23, 2020

After being kidnapped at gunpoint and spending three harrowing days in captivity over the weekend, Nigerian Father Innocent Mba, the latest cleric to be abducted in Africa in recent months, has been released.

By Elise Ann Allen

Christians dying in Nigeria ‘in vast numbers’

Jul 14, 2020

A recent report from the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) claims 620 Nigerian Christians were killed in the first six months of 2020.

By Crux Staff

Nigeria facing ‘systematic, planned, calculated’ genocide of Christians

Jun 29, 2020

Nigeria has had over 50,000 people killed since 2009 due to the Boko Haram insurgency, which has also displaced over 2 million people. In the country’s “Middle Belt” – where the Muslim North meets the Christian South – Muslim Fulani bands have killed thousands of Christians.

By Charles Collins

Priest cites religious freedom violations in northern Nigeria

Mar 11, 2020

A priest who serves as director of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission in his diocese in northern Nigeria cited an ongoing series of religious freedom violations in his region of the country, which is majority Muslim.

By Mark Pattison

Pan-African summit to tell Africa’s “Best of Times, Worst of Times” tale

Dec 1, 2019

The very first Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life, taking place at Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu, one of the world’s largest Catholic seminaries, Dec. 5-8, is a chance to take the temperature of a continent deeply consequential for Catholic fortunes, given the stunning growth and youthful energy that permeates African Catholicism.

By John L. Allen Jr.