An Italian priest was kidnapped last week in southwest Niger, Africa.
An Italian priest was kidnapped last week in southwest Niger, Africa.
A US missionary kidnapped in Niger in October 2016 is alive, according to the West African nation’s president.
Jeffrey Woodke is the first American kidnapped from the Western Africa country.
Thousands of children in the west African nation of Niger are suffering from severe malnutrition and lack of clean water.
In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, the churches in the predominantly-Muslim West African nation of Niger experienced the worst attacks in their history.
Islamic extremists destroyed dozens of Niger churches and several Christian homes in January. Christians in Niamey are now moving forward with their lives and have forgiven the attackers.
Christians in Niger are beginning to return to their homes after a violent rampage by Islamic extremists.
Christians in Niger are meeting in homes under police protection as they plan to rebuild church buildings and houses after attacks last weekend that were unprecedented in scale.
Protests of the controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons have continued for one week in Niger, leading Catholic churches in the region to cancel mass services for safety reasons.
