Naomi Ezekiel Gana of Furti village, Bokkos, was widowed in the April 2, 2025 attack. csi As the Easter holiday approaches, Christians in the Middle Belt of Nigeria are facing a renewed wave of violence. At around midnight on Palm Sunday suspected Fulani militants attacked villages in Zike community, Bassa local government area (LGA), killing… Read more »
On April 13, Palm Sunday, Fulani militias massacred 56 people in a Christian village in Plateau State in Nigeria, CSI has learned from its staff on the ground. CSI’s Nigeria project manager arrived in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on April 12. “Since I arrived, there has been an attack on Christian villages every… Read more »
Nenche Steven, a 7-year-old boy from Plateau State, sits in a hospital with his head bandaged after the latest Fulani killings of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Seven-year-old Nenche Steven is lucky to be alive. Muslim Fulani militiamen broke into his home at night on the 13th of April. They shot his father dead, chopped off… Read more »
Dr. Sasa discussed the earthquake, persecution of Christians, the Rohingya crisis, and ongoing violent military attacks in Myanmar with CSI by Zoom on April 10, 2025. csi The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 4,000 people in Myanmar on March 28 brought “unspeakable loss, pain, and suffering,” Dr. Sasa told Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in… Read more »
Scenes of devastation confront aid workers following the deadly quake. photo provided On March 28, the Sagaing region of Myanmar was hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake whose shockwaves were felt in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and the neighboring Chinese region of Yunnan. The epicenter was close to the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay. The authorities say… Read more »
The March 19 side event was organized by the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and co-sponsored by CSI The March 19 side event, organized by the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and co-sponsored by Christian Solidarity International (CSI), shed light on how anti-conversion laws are being weaponized against religious minorities,… Read more »
In the wake of the massacre of over 1,000 Alawite civilians by pro-government forces in Syria, Christian Solidarity International’s president, Dr. John Eibner, has sent letters to U.S. President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling on them to act to prevent genocide. The appeal follows a Genocide Warning for Syria which CSI issued on… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International (CSI), is warning that conditions for genocide continue to exist in parts of Syria controlled by Ahmed al-Sharaa’s HTS – an al Qaeda spin-off that has been designated a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council. CSI is in touch with its partners on the ground in Tartous and Latakia provinces, where… Read more »
Rhoda Jatau, a northern Christian healthcare worker who spent 19 months in jail on blasphemy charges, has finally been acquitted – one year after being released on bail. Throughout her time in prison, CSI campaigned for Jatau’s release. The mother of five was jailed on charges of inciting public disturbance, “exciting contempt of religious creed”,… Read more »
The Assad dynasty is gone. The brutal struggle for mastery in Syria and the broader Middle East goes on. Last night, President Biden took credit for Assad’s fall in a White House statement that recalled President Bush’s ill-fated “mission accomplished” speech about Iraq. Biden was serving as vice president when President Obama first announced regime… Read more »
