Islamic Jihadist Militias Kill 35 Christians a Day in Nigeria · Global Voices
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U.S. lawmakers counted more than 7,000 Christians killed in the first seven months of 2025. Attacks continued: in June 2026, UN experts warned about murders, kidnappings and sexual violence against Christian women and girls in the center of the country. Islamic jihadist militias kill 35 Christians a day in Nigeria was first published on Data 24.
Teresa Soto, mother of the Anglican reverend, Samuel Salazar Soto, 51, asked her son’s captors to give information about his whereabouts 21 days after the kidnapping in Capacho Viejo, in the state of Táchira. “I return to make a respectful appeal to anyone who has him, to know how he is, how he is,” Soto emphasized. [...] The entry No trace of the reverend kidnapped 21 days ago in Capacho Viejo was first published in Foco Informativa.
In the north, one of the regions where Islam is most fundamentalist, Boko Haram and other jihadist groups operate. In the Middle Belt, Christian communities are attacked and expelled from their villages by armed groups that end up seizing their lands, along with kidnapping gangs and armed Fulani militias that have extended their presence to other areas of the country.
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