Posts tagged Nigeria violence
As Violence Rages On, Nigeria’s Christians And Muslims Find Unity Through Soccer
As Violence Rages On, Nigeria’s Christians And Muslims Find Unity Through Soccer

Two soccer teams — each comprised of eight Muslims and eight Christians — faced off as a mixed crowd cheered. Only months earlier, 52 people were killed in yet another religious massacre nearby. Some of the players on the field had lost relatives in that attack. Yet, they chose sports over revenge.

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Art & Music, Arts & Culture, Christianity, Conflict, Culture, Crime, Health, Human Rights, negotiation, News, protestants, Religion, Religion News, Religious Freedom, Religious Equality, Solutions, The State of Religion, Sports, AfricaNathaniel BivanNathaniel Bivan, soccer, fotball, football, Nigeria violence, nigeria, Christian Muslim unity, Plateau State, Music Plus Football, Peace, sport, sports, Zenger News, ZengerNews, Zenger, AfricaComment
Global Interfaith Groups Protest U.S. Removal Of Nigeria From 'Country Of Particular Concern' List
Global Interfaith Groups Protest U.S. Removal Of Nigeria From 'Country Of Particular Concern' List

(OPINION) Nigeria’s de-listing was seen by numerous informed observers as an outrageous betrayal of an already brutalized Christian community. The decision ignored years of well documented murders and mutilations, death squads, torched villages and farmlands and devastated homeless refugees.

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Africa, OpinionLela GilbertLela Gilbert, Nigeria, Country of Particular Concern, Nigeria violence, violence against Christians in Nigeria, Fulani, Boko Haram, Biafra, Buhari, John Blinken, massacre of ChristiansComment