Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria: At least 38 killed in Xmas Eve attacks
January 1, 2011.
Print: Associated Press
Christians in Nigeria were attacked at several locales in Nigeria on Christmas Eve. Four separate explosions rocked the Jos region in central Nigeria, killing as many as 38.
Scores dead in religious clashes in Nigeria
The Telegraph March 7, 2010.
Print: The Telegraph
More than one hundred people were feared dead in Nigeria following violent clashes between Christian villagers and Muslim herders near the central city of Jos. Ethno-religious violence claimed 326 lives in January in Jos, according to police although other observers put the overall toll at more than 550 in Jos.
Churches Involved in Torture, Murder Thousands of African Children Denounced as Witches
by Katharine Houreld October 17, 2009.
Print: Los Angeles Times
The idea of witchcraft is hardly new, but it has taken on new life recently in Nigeria, partly because of a rapid growth in evangelical Christianity. Campaigners against the practice say around 15,000 children have been accused in two of Nigeria’s 36 states over the past decade and around 1,000 have been murdered. In the past month alone, three Nigerian children accused of witchcraft were killed and another three were set on fire
Death of Nigerian ‘Taliban’ leader ‘best thing for the country’
Mike Pflanz July 31, 2009.
Print: The Telegraph
Nigeria welcomed the death in police custody of a hardline Islamist leader but human rights groups condemned an unlawful killing. Muhammed Yusuf died of multiple gunshot wounds late on Thursday less than an hour after he was captured by police in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
