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 (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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Luka Binniyat, a Nigerian Christian journalist and human rights activist who was imprisoned for reporting on massacres of Christians in his native Kaduna State, is free at last. Binniyat had been held for 91 days in appalling conditions, and his family had serious concerns about his health. Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has been campaigning for the journalist’s… Read more »
Research by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has found that, in the first three weeks of 2022 alone, hundreds of Nigerians have been killed and abducted by Fulani militants, and thousands displaced as a result of the extreme violence affecting communities in Nigeria. From 1 to 21 January, at least 615 people were reported murdered by… Read more »
Amiir Akok Akok, now 24 years old, was enslaved with her mother in Sudan when she was one year old and later forcibly separated from her. After her liberation and return home to South Sudan, Amiir has been joyfully reunited with her mother again. The story of the reunion of the two women after 16… Read more »
Clutching her baby against her breast, panic-stricken Akon Nguet gathered her other children and rushed out of their hut at dawn to hide in the bush. Within minutes, her home was ablaze. Arab Islamist militiamen on horseback and three-wheel motorbikes had launched an attack against her predominately Christian Black African village in South Sudan. On… Read more »
In the final slave liberation action organized by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) in 2021, 300 South Sudanese returned home after years spent in bondage in Sudan. Of the 300 slaves freed in the operation led by CSI project manager Franco Majok, 150 returned to their home villages in Aweil North County and 150 went back… Read more »
