Africa
PRESS RELEASE: NGOs Release Two Rejoinders to Nigeria’s Response to International Reports Addressing the Increasing Violence in the NE Nigeria and Middle Belt
As violence and attacks in the Northeast of Nigeria and the Middle Belt on rural communities continues, Jubilee Campaign et. al released two rejoinders to respond to Nigeria’s critique of the two independent international reports that addressed the violence. The rejoinders are to Nigeria’s response the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, …
Reviewing Sudan’s Achievements of Religious Freedom 2019-2020
Throughout the past two years, the international human rights and religious freedom community has been pleasantly surprised again and again after seeing Sudan’s transitional government make momentous strides to return religious freedom to the nation.
Ethiopia Offers No Solutions or Safety for Eritrean Refugees
The New Humanitarian reports that Ethiopia- despite domestic and global concerns surrounding the emerging COVID-19 pandemic- publicly announced in April that it planned to transfer Eritrean refugees from Hitsats refugee camp to two others, Adi Harush and Mai Aini, in Tigray.
Voice Recording of Fulani Leader Spreading Inflammatory Remarks
In August 2020, a disconcerting voice recording made its was way throughout social media in which Fulani man Ardo Bulama disparages and threatens Nigeria’s indigenous peoples and Christians, makes inflammatory and incendiary remarks, and insists that all attempts to cease Fulani activity will inevitably end in more bloodshed.
Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charges
22-year-old Nigerian singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy charges, as handed down by a Kano State Sharia court in August 2020.
Letter to the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect- Growing Crisis for Nigerian Christians
We would like to raise to the OfficeOffice’s attention the situation of Christians in Northern Nigeria.
“Atmosphere of Anarchy and Despair”: Recent Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria Leave At Least 23 Nigerian Christians Dead and Many More Wounded
Throughout one week in mid-May 2020, numerous Adara communities of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, were relentlessly attacked by suspected Fulani militants, leading to the gruesome and untimely deaths of at least 23 Nigerian Christians and injuries of tens of others who sustained brutal injuries from guns and machetes. Gonan Rogo village was the first to …
New Attacks in Northern Nigeria Leave Over 100 Dead
June has been a dangerous month for many Nigerian citizens in the northeast of the nation, although it can be argued that no month goes by without terrorist attacks that leave dozens dead and many more severely injured.