Catholic Bishop Tells Congress: Nigerian Christians Facing ‘Calculated Genocide’
Bishop Avenya charged the Nigerian government for failing to protect Christians in the Middle Belt.
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Nigerian Priest, Kidnapped for a Second Time in Two Years, Has Been Released
Delta State, where Issele-Uku is located, is overwhelmingly Christian, but small bands of Muslim militants who hide in the dense bush are an ongoing threat.
Kidnapped Nigerian Seminarian Has Been Killed
In the last year, several priests and seminarians, along with pastors from other Christian denominations, have been kidnapped in Nigeria, some for ranson, and some by Islamist militant and terrorist groups.
