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Women mourn the death of a family member following the attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria on April 15, 2025. (Credit: Samson Omale/AP.)

Nigerian officials blast US lawmakers over claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria

Oct 11
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A woman walks past Nigerian soldiers in Gwoza, Nigeria, on April 8, 2015. (Credit: Lekan Oyekanmi/AP.)

Nigeria is still imposing restrictions on religious freedom, U.S. agency says

Jul 22
Crux Staff

Nigerian soldiers in a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria, on April 8, 2015. (Credit: Lekan Oyekanmi/AP.)

Inquest shows how governments enable Fulani jihadists in Nigeria

Jul 8
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pallbearers carry the coffin of a victim of Sunday’s suicide bombing at Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral service at al-Saleeb Church in the al-Qasaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Pope Leo says terrorist attack on Greek Orthodox church in Syria is ‘vile’

Jun 25
Charles Collins

Cathedral of St Peter in Bandung, Indonesia. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Islamists activists protest Ash Wednesday Mass taking place at multipurpose center in Indonesia

Mar 7
Nirmala Carvalho

People ride their scooters in the Gounghin district of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Jan. 26, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.)

Vatican praises Burkina Faso for fight against terrorism

Feb 19
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Children gather in a classroom at school in the village of Dori, Burkina Faso, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. More than half of the displaced by growing violence between Islamic extremists and security forces are children, and many are traumatized by their experiences. But mental health services in the West African country are limited, and children are often overlooked for treatment.(Credit: Sam Mednick/AP.)

Burkina Faso diocese holds day of prayer after nearly 200 people killed in Jihadist attack

Aug 29, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Displaced and refugees in the East of Democratic Republic of Congo receiving help from the Catholic Church. (Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.)

Attacks by Islamists in DR Congo increase in East of African country

Jun 4, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

In this image made from video, Rwandan and Mozambican police speak to returnees in Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has left more than 70 children missing, with fears they may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants as thousands of families fled the violence, local authorities and a group of aid agencies said. (Credit: Marc Hoogsteyns/AP.)

Mozambique: Continued attacks amid a funding shortfall worsens humanitarian crisis

Mar 26, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Burkina Faso mutinous soldiers guard the entrance of the national television station in Ouagadougou, Monday Jan. 24, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.)

Over a dozen Catholics killed Sunday in Burkina Faso

Feb 27, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Myanmar

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