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Islamist gunmen attacked a Christian-majority community in Plateau State, Nigeria on 17 October, killing three people including the head of the village, Salisu Idris.
The gang rode into Nyalun, in Wase Local Government Area, on motorcycles at around 9.30pm and started shooting.
“They...
The existence of Burkina Faso is in danger from Islamist militants, warned army Captain Ibrahim Traore when he was sworn in as interim president of the country on 21 October.
“We are confronted with a security and humanitarian crisis without precedent,” said...
Two young Nigerian women kidnapped as teenagers by Boko Haram Islamist terrorists from a school in Chibok eight years ago have been found.
They were recovered with their children by the Nigerian Army in separate operations against terrorists in Borno State.
Military...
Islamist militants killed 11 people in an attack on Christian-majority north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 4 October.
A pastor was among the dead as Islamists from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which is linked to Islamic State (IS, ISIS,...
An Iranian Christian convert from Islam has been released mid-way through his ten-year prison sentence.
Naser Navard Goltapeh, 61 years old, has served nearly five years in Evin Prison for “acting against national security with the intention to overthrow the regime”.
Naser was...
Two worshippers were killed when gunmen stormed into a church in Kogi State, Nigeria on Sunday 16 October.
Three others were wounded and are receiving treatment at a local medical centre.
“Kogi is no longer safe,” said a witness who hid as the...
Gunmen abducted worshippers from a church service and other residents of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria, in a raid on 13 September.
In total 43 people were kidnapped by the suspected Islamists.
In a statement, President of the Southern Kaduna...
The monarch of the Christian-majority Atyap Chiefdom in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, Dominic Yahaya, has revealed that 245 people have been killed and 623 houses razed by suspected Fulani Islamist militants in recent years.
Yahaya, who holds the traditional title Agwatyap of the...
A pastor in Plateau State, Nigeria, was abducted by gunmen on the evening of Sunday 11 September.
Pastor Bun Fon Dong was taken from his home in the Ganawuri community of Riyom Local Government Area.
His wife, who tried to free him from...
The Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, has laid mines around a church in Shan State which it occupied for several days in early September.
The interior of the church building, in the town of Moebye, showed signs of occupation. Rows of...
