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January 3, 2017

Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists are the latest Islamist threat to Christians in Nigeria

Members of a civilian vigilante group stand guard at the border with Nigeria in Kerawa, Cameroon, March 16, 2016. The latest threat to Christians in Nigeria are the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists says Aid to the Church in Need's Maria Lozano.

KAFANCHAN, Nigeria – Islamist violence and terrorism has killed more than 12,000 Christians in Nigeria, destroying some 2,000 churches. Boko Haram has perpetrated the bulk of the killings, but in the past year a new source of Islamist terror has hit the country in the form of the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists (FHT).

Published in International