December 10, 2013 The Honorable James F. Entwistle Ambassador of the United States of America Embassy of the United States of AmericaPlot 1075 Diplomatic DriveCentral District Area, Abuja, Nigeria Dear Mr. Ambassador, On behalf of the Working Group on Nigeria, we would like to congratulate you on your assumption of duty as ambassador to Nigeria […]
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January 6, 2014 His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moonUnited Nations Secretary-GeneralU.N. HeadquartersNew York, NY 10017U.S.A. Dear Secretary-General Ban, On behalf of the Washington Working Group on Nigeria, we would like to thank you for your service to the global community in promoting international cooperation, peace and security. The Working Group on Nigeria is a coalition
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His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Aso Rock Presidential Villa Abuja, Nigeria Dear President Jonathan, On behalf of the Working Group on Nigeria, a coalition of U.S. organizations we would like to commiserate with you on the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency and other sectarian attacks in
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Dear Friends, The Boko Haram terrorists relentlessly continue their targeting of the minority Christian community within the Northern states of Nigeria. Their activities have created many martyrs, and left many widows and orphans behind. In 2012, more Christians were killed in northern Nigeria than the rest of the world combined. Sadly, September of this
June 4, 2013 Last week the White House announced the details of President Obama’s trip to Africa next month. President Obama will be going to only three African countries: Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Nigeria, which was originally thought to be on the agenda, has been left out of the itinerary. This is not President Obama first
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Cannon House Office Building, Room 234 (Lunch will be provided) Continuing violence by the Islamist group Boko Haram in 2012 and into 2013 has left over 1000 Christians dead and numerous churches destroyed or damaged. Although northern Nigeria accounts for more deaths of Christians in 2012 than the rest of the world combined, a soft-pedal
In view of the alarming statistics that more Christians were killed in Nigeria in 2012, than the rest of the world combined, Jubilee is working hard to draw global attention to what our Nigeria expert has termed the “Pre-Genocide.” Justice for Jos, a Project of Jubilee Campaign in collaboration with the Washington Working Group on Nigeria, invite you
On Sunday October 28, 2012 a church in Nigeria was bombed. At least ten Christians died and over a hundred were injured. Given the time difference, right about the time that we in America were getting up and going to church, the Christians in Kaduna were counting their wounded and burying their dead. Since 2010,
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Failure of Intelligence As Foreign Policy On Easter Monday at a CSIS event in Washington the top US diplomat on Africa declared, “I want to stress that religion does not drive extremism in Jos or northern Nigeria.” The 38 innocent Nigerians killed in terrorist bombings the day before during Easter celebrations would have turned in
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It is a sad commentary of where things are now when screaming headlines in Nigeria’s dailies this week say “Bomb-free Sunday.” When bombings are the new normal and peace is the abnormal, there is indeed trouble in the land. Ironically it was incorrect. A TV viewing center where the poor go to watch soccer matches
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