Nigeria
Nigeria can be roughly divided into the predominantly Muslim north, the central or Middle Belt area where Christians and Muslims are more or less evenly balanced, and a mainly Christian south. Each region also contains sizable minority of people who follow traditional African beliefs. Religious violence has cost the lives of over 50,000 people since 1999, when one-third of Nigeria’s 36 states instituted the Islamic penal code making Shari’ah (Islamic) law the highest legal authority, creating a de facto state religion in violation of the national, secular constitution. For many non-Muslims in northern and central Nigeria daily life consists of a veneer of normality that barely conceals an underlying reality of chronic discrimination and tension which periodically erupts into deadly, but organised, violence.
Latest news
Nigeria: escalating violence prompts state of emergency in three states 15/05/2013
At least 80 die in armed attacks on villages in Kaduna and Plateau States in Easter Week 02/04/2013
Nigeria: Sixteen die in weekend attacks on mourners in Plateau and Kaduna States 25/02/2013
Twelve die in Christmas Attacks on churches in Northern Nigeria 26/12/2012
CSW Offers Condolences on the Death of the Kaduna State Governor 16/12/2012
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Response magazine
Nigerian Christians under attack 01/06/2013
The editorial 01/06/2013
Developments in Kenya echo those in Nigeria 01/01/2013
CSW in action: Bringing hope and solidarity in Nigeria 01/11/2012
"There were people shouting, some were bleeding, some were unconscious" 01/09/2012
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Prayer diary
Pray for Nigeria 14/07/2013
Praying for church leaders under pressure 02/06/2013
Pray for Nigeria 05/05/2013
Pray for Nigeria 16/12/2012
Pray for Nigeria 23/09/2012
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Press releases
Nigeria: escalating violence prompts state of emergency in three states 15/05/2013
Nigeria: upsurge of violence in Northern and Central States 09/05/2013
At least 80 die in armed attacks on villages in Kaduna and Plateau States in Easter Week 02/04/2013
Nigeria: Sixteen die in weekend attacks on mourners in Plateau and Kaduna States 25/02/2013
Twelve die in Christmas Attacks on churches in Northern Nigeria 26/12/2012
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Reports
Nigeria: Recent Violence 01/07/2012
NIGERIA: Overview of recent violence 01/01/2012
Nigeria: Visit report 01/04/2010
Nigeria: December 2009 Visit Report 01/12/2009
