Terrorist groups occupy between 40 and 50 percent of Burkina Faso. The military has battled these groups, some linked to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, or Boko Haram, since 2015.
Terrorism in Burkina Faso Displaces 2 Million People
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Christians’ Prayerful Response to Nigeria’s Persecution Uptick
A new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges lawmakers to take a closer look at Nigeria. Simultaneously, a second report analyzed by International Christian Concern found kidnappers target Christians ten times more often than Muslims.
Christians Targeted for Slavery and Forced Marriages in Nigeria
A recent United Nations report found that in Nigeria, Boko Haram specifically targets Christians and other religious minorities for slavery and forced marriages. Among certain minority groups, as many as three out of four women are forced into marriage, even though consent to marriage is required under […]
Believers Press On as Abuja Jailbreak Raises National Security Concerns
Police in Nigeria captured another fugitive prisoner, but at least 400 remain on the run. Nearly 900 inmates escaped last week when Islamic State militants attacked a prison near Abuja.
Nigeria Fails to Protect Next Generation, Voice of the Martyrs Canada Helps Chibok Survivors Get Education
Escaped Chibok schoolgirls begin a new chapter in the United States as Nigeria fails to protect its next generation.
World On Brink of ‘Dire’ Water Shortage
Wills Point, USA – Growing scarcity of the planet’s most “precious” resource could lead to “dire consequences” worldwide — including the Western U.S. — as hot, arid regions get thirstier, a troubling new report for World Water Day on March 22 reveals.
5 Critical Findings from Open Doors’ 2022 World Watch List
A woman in India watches as her sister is dragged off by Hindu nationalists. She doesn’t know if her sister is alive or dead.
TransWorld Radio Calls Attention to Persecuted Christians in Nigeria
Crises in Afghanistan and Haiti may dominate mainstream news right now, but equally dire circumstances in Nigeria demand attention as killings and kidnappings plague northern Nigeria.
‘We’re going to have to go back in’: Obama’s Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says what many others believe: US forces will have to return to Afghanistan to tackle terror threats posed by Taliban and ISIS-K
Leon Panetta said on Thursday that the United States military will have to return to Afghanistan to tackle terror threats posed by Taliban and ISIS-K after a suicide attack killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 90 Afghans.
Chibok Schoolgirl Freed in Nigeria Seven Years after Abduction
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One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram militants kidnapped her and more than 200 of her classmates, Borno state’s governor said on Saturday.
Lawmakers Seek to End Nigeria’s Mass Kidnappings, Church Stronger than Ever Under Persecution
Nigeria’s government is considering a bill that would criminalize ransom payments for the return of abducted schoolchildren. On paper, the government condemns the practice. However, authorities regularly exchange cash for kids, making abduction a lucrative business.
Kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirl Graduates from University
One of 276 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria by the infamous Boko Haram has just graduated from university – the very thing her kidnappers fight to oppose, according to Open Doors UK & Ireland.
