Eighteen Christians were killed and several were assaulted by a militia of armed Muslims Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria.
Eighteen Christians were killed and several were assaulted by a militia of armed Muslims Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria.
According to a new report, more than 2,000 Nigerian Christians were reportedly "hacked to death" in 2020.
The US State Department has recently added Nigeria to its list of "countries of particular concern" because of the country's restrictions on religious freedom.
Muslim extremist terror groups are reportedly targeting Christians in several African nations.
Seven Christians were killed in Nigeria's Kaduna state by Fulani herdsman over the weekend.
Christian leaders issued a call for prayer this month as Islamic extremist groups continue to terrorize citizens living in northeast Nigeria.
According to a rights advocate, Muslim Fulani militia killed three more Christians in late October, after having already taken over more than 100 once predominantly Christian villages.
Initial reports of a kidnapped pastor's release have been found untrue. It appears the pastor is still being held captive by a Nigerian terrorist group.
On Sunday, Islamic extremist militants in northeast Nigeria attacked a predominantly Christian village, killing 12 Christians and kidnapping women and children.
As a kidnapped pastor was released by the Islamic State West Africa Province terrorist group in one part of Nigeria, elsewhere Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a young boy's father and then kidnapped the boy.
