Nigeria's
Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen Slaughter 1,200 Nigerian Christians
"Statistically,
we are looking at approximately 60 percent of the world's Christians that were
killed for their faith last year was in Northern Nigeria," Ann Buwalda, executive director of the Jubilee
Campaign.
Recently
named on the U.S. terrorist's list, Boko Haram has waged war against Nigerian
Christians living in the northern part of the country in hopes of driving them
to the South, where the majority of Christians already reside. (The country's
Muslims live predominantly in the North.) To achieve its ends, the group, along
with Fulani Herdsmen, have carried out bombings, mass shootings and kidnappings,
leaving Christians fearful for their lives. The Nigerian government had
attempted to grant the group amnesty in April, in hopes of them ceasing their fight, but
the group rejected the offer. Still, in one hopeful sign, some church leaders suggested in November that the sophisticated
guerilla operation now operates more as a "bandit gang."
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