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Anti-Christian attacks in Nigeria threaten precarious balance of faiths
By Anthea Butler — August 8, 2019
(RNS) — In this West African nation, religion stands at the intersection of a divisive colonial history and a current political crisis caused by drought and land scarcity.
Muslims, Christians in Nigeria pray for peaceful elections, disagree over candidates
By Doreen Ajiambo — February 15, 2019
(RNS) — As elections approach, Nigeria's Muslims and Christians disagree over which presidential candidate to support, while both faiths pray for peace.
In Nigeria, fears that a crackdown on Muslim group will court another Boko Haram
By Ali Abare Abubakar — September 24, 2018
ABUJA, Nigeria (RNS) — Muslims on the ground and experts in Washington worry that the detention of a Shiite cleric and the killings of his followers will provoke the Islamic Movement of Nigeria into waging war.
Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
By Yonat Shimron — May 6, 2017
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) The kidnapping was one of the high-profile incidents of Boko Haram's insurgency in Nigeria's northeast, now in its eighth year and with little sign of ending.
As Nigeria prepares to install new president, female suicide bombings spike
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 27, 2015
(RNS) More women and children have been used as suicide bombers in the first five months of this year than during the whole of last year, according to reports collated by UNICEF, the United Nation Children’s Fund.
Nigeria’s neighbors hope for a fresh start with President-elect Buhari
By Reuters — April 6, 2015
MALAM FATORI, Nigeria (Reuters) President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has called Nigeria's reliance on neighboring armies in Niger and Chad a disgrace and has vowed to restore the territorial integrity of Africa's most populous nation amid ongoing threats from Boko Haram.
Can a Muslim president defeat Boko Haram? Nigerians are betting on it
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 1, 2015
(RNS) Nigerians, both Christian and Muslim, hope their new president is better-suited to battle Boko Haram insurgents, despite being a Muslim himself.
Nigerian Christians may back a Muslim candidate in upcoming presidential elections
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 24, 2015
(RNS) Some Nigerians fear that another term for Goodluck Jonathan would mean the emergence of more Muslim extremist groups in addition to Boko Haram. And they are willing to pin their hopes on a Muslim candidate.
Amid criticism, Nigeria postpones presidential election, citing ongoing violence by Boko Haram
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 9, 2015
(RNS) Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has been sharply criticized for his management of the Boko Haram crisis and some Western leaders suggested the postponement was a last-ditch effort to shore up his vote.
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