Terrorists suspected by locals to be Fulani militiamen attacked a church in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, on 5 June, Pentecost Sunday, killing dozens of worshippers and injuring several others, local media report. The attack took place at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State during a Pentecost Sunday worship service…. Read more »
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Christian Solidarity International calls on Secretary Antony Blinken to pursue justice for lynched Christian Nigerian Student
Human rights organization warns against sacrificing Christians in “new scramble for Africa” Today, Dr. John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International, wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken about last week’s lynching of Deborah Samuel Yakubu (pictured above), a 25-year-old Christian student, by a mob of Muslim supremacists in Sokoto, Nigeria. Deborah, Eibner… Read more »
Christian Student Lynched by Mob in Northern Nigeria
A Nigerian Christian student was murdered on her university campus yesterday by a mob of Muslim students who accused her of blaspheming Islam. The murdered woman, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, was a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto in northern Nigeria. She was the leader of a women’s Christian fellowship group on… Read more »
Christian Families Freed from Bondage in Brickyards
Millions of people, especially Christians and Hindus, work in slave-like conditions in Pakistan’s brickworks. Many are in debt to their unscrupulous employers. Thanks to the generosity of its donors, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has been able to help several families break free. The work is unimaginably hard: a labourer’s family has to mould about 1,000… Read more »
Interview with Dr. Eibner on CSI’s humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Which were the main reasons that motivated you to travel to Western Ukraine (and Hungary)? We travelled to Mukatschewo in Trans-Carpathian Ukraine to see first-hand something of the humanitarian need and other conditions in the war torn country. We also wanted to how the CSI-supported aid operations are conducted. Mukatschewo is, at the moment, one… Read more »
Fulani Militants Kill 26 Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau State
by Masara Kim, Jos At least 26 people have been killed in armed attacks on Christian villages in Nigeria’s Plateau State from March 29 to April 4. Several people were injured and dozens of houses razed in the attacks in northwestern Bassa Local Government Area, which houses the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army. The… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International signs joint statement warning of the ethnic cleansing of Armenians during the Ukraine crisis
Christian Solidarity International (CSI) President Dr. John Eibner signed a joint letter with Baroness Cox and other international officials alerting the British foreign minister about the unrest in Nagorno-Karabakh, saying in part: “We may be on the precipice of one of the worst acts of ethnic cleansing in the Caucasus region in a century.” The… Read more »
Statement on Ukraine
The current Russian invasion of Ukraine is among the many destabilizing and destructive military interventions and other forms of warfare that are currently conducted overtly and covertly throughout the world without the approval of the UN Security Council. The growing humanitarian crisis arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine joins the man-made, war-related humanitarian catastrophes… Read more »
Survivors of South Sudan Attacks in Plea for Help
The inhabitants of two Christian villages in South Sudan are in urgent need of help as they try to rebuild their lives following a devastating attack by Arab raiders in which they lost their homes and possessions. On January 4, 2022, attackers on horses crossed the border from Sudan and set about destroying the villages… Read more »
Standing with Ukraine conflict refugees
The current Russian invasion of Ukraine is among the many destabilizing and destructive military interventions and other forms of warfare that are currently conducted overtly and covertly throughout the world without the approval of the UN Security Council. The growing humanitarian crisis arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine joins the man-made, war-related humanitarian catastrophes… Read more »
