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The months of June and July have been a very different time with many persecutions in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. There have been attacks and counter-attacks towards Christians, and in one instance, a Christian man poured ashes of ruins on his head, crying and praying to God to bring rescue to his people. Please follow the link below to watch the video. https://youtu.be/sbKED4bDNQc
In July, 2020, 142 Christians were killed by Boko Haram, and 44 kidnapped in Northern Nigeria within one week. Most of the killings and kidnappings occurred in Kaduna and Katsina States. According to emergency digest news, seven people were killed on July 23, Kajuru town of Kaduna on July 24; ten people died in Jema, six abducted in Chikun, eleven killed in Zangon Kataf on July 20. On July 21 and 22, over twenty people were killed, and 16 kidnapped in Rafi, Niger State. CNN also reported another 81 people died in an attack on a village of Faduma Kolomdi community in Borno State in June, and the casualties included men, women, and children, and the bandits also killed the village head.
Photo of execution of 5 volunteers
The most tragic of all was the execution of five volunteers of the State’s Emergency Management Agency who go in to feed and provide aid to some 7.9 million people in the region who have been displaced from their homes and require urgent assistance. The militants blindfolded these men and killed them in front of the world on social media. In the video, a militant says to them, “you are working for infidel organizations, you are working to deliver their mandate, but they do not care about your plight. This is why whenever we abduct you, those organizations do not show any form of concern.”
World Christian Broadcasting continues to pray for Nigerian Christians. May the souls of these five aid workers and all the Christians who died Rest in Peace.
