Fulani herdsmen and suspected local Muslims are reported to have killed 40 Christians in and near Jos, Nigeria in attacks on Aug. 25 and Aug. 15.
Fulani herdsmen and suspected local Muslims are reported to have killed 40 Christians in and near Jos, Nigeria in attacks on Aug. 25 and Aug. 15.
Fulani herdsmen killed 36 Christians in multiple attacks in Kaduna state, Nigeria this month with impunity, while a church leader complained that authorities arrested only Christians for defending themselves.
Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria.
A Nigerian church leader is calling on the local authorities to take action following a recent string of attacks against Christians by Islamic Fulani Herdsmen.
Seven people were killed, and at least 250 houses were set on fire in a recent series of overnight attacks in Nigeria.
On Saturday, Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria killed a Christian pastor they had kidnapped two weeks before, a church source said.
Twenty-eight students have been released after being abducted by armed kidnappers in Nigeria earlier this month.
According to a new report, more than 3,000 Christians have been killed by Muslim militants in Nigeria this year.
Pastor Gideon Agwom Mutum and his family have been receiving death threats from Fulani militants because of their Christian faith.
According to sources, Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria between July 8 and July 14, killing 33 Christians.
