A leading Nigerian-based human rights group has called on the Nigerian military to free over 850 Christians who have for months been held hostage by Fulani jihadists in a forest in Kaduna state. The International […]
Yaoundé, Cameroon — Ryan Brown, the CEO of Open Doors US, paints a grim picture of jihadist violence in the Sahel, saying that jihadist groups have “a regional corridor of violence” targeting religious minorities. Mr. Brown was […]
In the wake of a deadly landslide last Sunday, August 31st, that wiped out the entire village of Tarasin in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Bishop Hiiboro Kussala of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio in […]
As Cameroon’s military forces and separatist fighters continue their deadly confrontation in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, Catholic bishops from these conflict zones have issued a powerful call for peace, urging the faithful to […]
A new report by the Catholic-inspired International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, asserts that at least 7,087 Christians were massacred across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025—a daily […]
The third Pan-African Catholic Jubilee on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life opened August 5 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, bringing together the continent’s largest assembly of African Catholic theologians, pastors, lay leaders, and others. A landmark […]
The diplomatic fanfare surrounding the signing of a peace agreement between the Congolese government and the M23 stands in stark contrast to the harsh reality unfolding on the ground in the east of the country, […]
A prominent Nigerian Catholic researcher and criminologist has issued a stark warning: Christianity could disappear from Nigeria within the next 50 years if the persecution of Christians continues and an agenda of Islamization succeeds. Emeka […]
“When the Fulanis attacked our village of Yelwata, they slaughtered three of my sons. The youngest, who is lying here, had his hand cut off and his back slashed. My daughter was severely burned. My […]
Johan Viljoen, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the South African Bishops’ Conference, has issued a stark condemnation of the armed groups operating in Mozambique, labeling them as “devils.” In comments to CWR, […]
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