Head of Nigerian Methodist Church Freed After Abduction
06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Samuel Kanu Uche, the prelate of the Nigerian Methodist Church, was abducted by armed militants while traveling on a highway on...
06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Samuel Kanu Uche, the prelate of the Nigerian Methodist Church, was abducted by armed militants while traveling on a highway on...
04/05/2022 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic priest who had been missing for over 48 hours was found unconscious and tied up in his car. On April 1, Father...
09/18/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to ACI Africa, a Catholic Priest who was kidnapped from his parish residence on Monday, September 13th, has been freed....
ICC Note: A jihadist uprising has plagued Africa’s Sahel region since 2015. Civilians are subject to grave acts of violence and human rights violations at the hands of extremist...
07/11/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to Vanguard News, Father Elijah Juma Wada of Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, has...
06/05/2021 Cameroon (International Christian Concern)- After ten days in captivity, Father Christopher Eboka of Mamfe diocese was released on June 1st and returned home safely....
04/07/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fifty-year-old Frederick Ojo Aramuwa, from Ifira Akoko Ondo state, Nigeria, was found dead days after he was kidnapped by unknown...
01/27/2021 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – The body of Father Rodrigue Sanon was found in a forest in Southwest Burkina Faso, an area reportedly overrun by jihadist...
06/02/2020 Nigeria (CBN News) – Last Wednesday night, Bishop Masin was abducted after unknown gunmen attacked his home in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Christian Association of Nigeria...
05/16/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic priest has been targeted by the Philippine military for helping Lumads, the indigenous people who often fall victim...
04/12/2020 Niger (International Christian Concern) – Father Pierluigi Maccalli had been living in and serving the people of Niger for 11 years before he was taken by jihadists in...
02/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A state-sanctioned Chinese priest who was released on December 9, 2019, after being jailed for a year and two months, is now ousted...
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