Nigeria Christians Rebuild After Clashes Kill Hundreds

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service A Nigerian soldier patrols through destroyed buildings following days of religious violence in Jos, Nigeria  2010JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned to the Nigerian city of Jos Saturday, January 30, after hundreds of people were killed in days of clashes between Muslims and Christians, missionaries said.

BREAKING NEWS: 38 Killed In Easter Bombing Near Nigerian Churches (Update)

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A car bombing in the northern Nigerian town of Kudana killed dozens of people and damaged the All Nations Christian Assembly Church during an Easter worship service Sunday, April 8, officials and Christians said.

NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Church Collapse Kills 160 (Update)

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Mortuaries in Nigeria's southeastern city of Uyo are overflowing after metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, officials say. Saturday's tragedy happened at the charismatic Reigners Bible Church International while it was still under construction, church members said.

19 Christians Killed In Nigerian Village

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nineteen Nigerian Christians are now known to have died in an attack by Fulani militants on the village...

BREAKING NEWS: Church: ‘Up To 2,000 People Massacred In Nigeria’ (Update)

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with additional reporting by Stefan J. Bos and David Maggiore OTHER360665_ArticoloABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- One of Africa's most influential church leaders has urged prayers after Islamist group Boko Haram killed as many as 2,000 people in northeastern Nigeria in what would be its worst single atrocity.

Kenya Christian Students Injured In School Attack

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Christian students in Kenya are recovering from injuries after they were beaten and stabbed for refusing to convert to Islam, BosNewsLife learned Sunday, February 11.

BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria Militants “Slit Throats” Of 15 Christians; Dozen Shot Dead

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos and Joseph DeCaro Nigerian_Nigeria_army_soldiers_news_01December2008_003ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants in northern Nigeria have slit the throats of 15 Christians, shortly after at least a dozen Christians were killed by gunmen in separate attacks, relief officials and Christians said Monday, December 31.

NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Militants Declare Islamic Caliphate After Killing 100 Christians

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service mqdefault ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of Nigeria's feared Boko Haram group says a northeastern town is now part of an Islamic caliphate after his militants killed more than 100 civilians there, most of them Christians.

Nigeria Detains Alleged Militants Who Killed Pastor

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Police in northern Nigeria have detained suspected Islamic militants who allegedly killed a pentecostal pastor, his assistant, and at least 10 other people, BosNewsLife monitored Saturday, June 11.

BREAKING NEWS: Hundreds Of Abducted Schoolgirls “Killed” By Boko Haram Militants–Report

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service ChristiangirlsABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- The U.N. human rights chief has warned that all 276 Christian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 may have been among a group of women slaughtered by Boko Haram last month, Nigerian media reported Monday, April 6.