Father Alphonsus Afina, safe at home after spending 51 days in Boko Haram captivity. Photo provided. On June 1, one of CSI’s project partners in Nigeria, Father Daniel Aphonsus Afina, was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists. 51 days later, on July 21, he was released, and returned to his diocese in Maiduguri, where he was… Read more »
CSI is providing emergency aid to survivors. ECCVN On the night of July 15, while villagers were asleep, a group of more than 30 suspected Fulani militants invaded Bindi (Jebbu) Ta-hoss, a predominantly Christian community in Riyom local government area of Plateau State. The militants are said to have gone from house to house,… Read more »
Father Alphonsus, 41, seen here greeting a beneficiary during an aid distribution in December, has been released 51 days after his captured by the jihadist group Boko Haram. csi Media Release Christian Solidarity International (CSI) welcomes the news that Father Daniel Alphonsus Afina, one of its project partners in Nigeria, has been released from captivity… Read more »
Sharia law applies in 12 northern states of Nigeria, including Borno. scabornostate, Facebook In Nigeria, civil rights activists have launched a petition to strip the country’s constitution of all references to Islam. The petition calls for a secular Nigeria with no religious bias in governance; the removal of sharia law from the Nigerian constitution; and… Read more »
Father Daniel Alphonsus Afina partnered with CSI to distribute aid to Christians attacked by Boko Haram, until he himself was abducted in June. acn Father Daniel Alphonsus Afina serves in Maiduguri, the city that Veldkamp describes as “ground zero for the Boko Haram terrorist movement that’s been terrorizing Christians for almost 15 years now in… Read more »
Father Alphonsus Afina is a trusted local partner in Nigeria. csi Media Release Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is calling on the Nigerian government to take urgent action to secure the release of a Catholic priest, Daniel Alphonsus Afina, who has been abducted by Boko Haram. Afina, aged 41, serves as a trusted CSI partner in… Read more »
In Nigeria, seven-year-old Nenche Stephen attends a follow-up visit at the hospital after Fulani fighters struck a critical machete wound to his neck on Palm Sunday. csi Two months after losing her husband, two young children, and seven other family members in a brutal attack on their village, Alice Steven is slowly beginning to… Read more »
A video posted on social media shows the moment a truck rammed into the crowd. Screenshot/X In the early hours of April 21, a joyful crowd was descending a hill outside Billiri in Gombe State following an Easter Monday service. The procession to the top of the hill is a tradition that Christians in… Read more »
Aid is delivered to survivors of the attacks in Bokkos. ECCVN Addressing the media on April 8, a spokesman for the Plateau State chapter of the Coalition of Fulani Registered Organizations (COFRO) made a series of demands of the state government to restore peace to Plateau after weeks of violence. The statement, which came… Read more »
CSI provided emergency aid to victims of the Plateau State attacks in Nigeria. csi It was on the night of April 13 as Palm Sunday gave way to Holy Week that suspected Fulani militants burst into Zike community in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, opening fire on villagers. Within a few hours, at least 56 people… Read more »
