1a082a89-39e3-45d9-a54a-06e7db50ab63 Nigeria Library Of Congress Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators People Boko Haram ISWAP Fulani Jihadists Emergency Stage 9: Extermination, Stage 10: Denial Details Nigeria The death penalty is also in place, though not currently enforced, for homosexuality in Northern Nigeria Read Report Resources Ending Nigeria’s Herder-Farmer Crisis: The Livestock Reform Plan An Exit from Boko Assessing Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor Page last updated: 11/21/2025

Nigeria Country Overview Library Of Congress Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage People Boko Haram ISWAP Fulani Jihadists Emergency Stage 9: Extermination, Stage 10: Denial Details Nigeria The death penalty is also in place, though not currently enforced, for homosexuality in Northern Nigeria Read Report Page last updated: 11/21/2025 Resources Ending Nigeria’s Herder-Farmer Crisis: The Livestock Assessing Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor

content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites The world notices the persecution of Nigerian Christians At last, the world notices persecution of Nigerian Christians The Washington Post October 10, 2025 By Robert Royal Massacres of Christians merit U.S. pressure on Nigeria’s government for strong A Catholic worshiper during a 2020 march in Abuja, Nigeria. Military Can't Stop Fulani Terrorists in Nigeria’s Christian States Outrage Grows in Nigeria’s Christian

< Back Nigeria Team Report: October 2025 Picture showing Shekau, former Boko Haram leader. mass killings Recent attacks attributed to Boko Haram continue to claim civilian lives in northeastern Nigeria marked by kidnappings, killings, and community terrorization, underline the continuing human cost of Nigeria Policy Responses to Nigeria’s Alleged Christian Genocide The persecution of Christian minorities in Nigeria Thus, religious conflict in Nigeria bares significantly more nuance than is given credit for, with ethnic

< Back Nigeria Team Report: July 7th, 2025 Photo from the Daily Post Nigeria continues to face a severe massacres of Christians as a “Jihadist Genocide of Christians,” noting 8,222 killed in 2023 and calling Nigeria Sources such as Save the Persecuted Christians and Daily Post Nigeria highlight this trend. Truth Nigeria articles repeatedly highlight that while atrocities happen within view of military bases International Misrepresentation Save the Persecuted Christians, via Truth Nigeria, emphasized that global

< Back Nigeria Team Report: July 17th, 2025 Photo Credits: OSV News photo/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters Nigeria Despite overwhelming evidence of genocidal acts, both the Nigerian government and key international actors International Response and Pope Leo XIV The massacre in Yelwata has drawn swift condemnation both from within Nigeria He called for urgent peace in the rural heartlands of Nigeria, where Catholic and other Christian populations Amnesty International has publicly demanded that Nigerian authorities take immediate and decisive action

< Back Nigeria Team Report: July 29th, 2025 Photo credit: A uniformed civilian guard volunteer bravely This attack mirrors a broader and escalating pattern of violence across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where Despite the scale of violence, Nigeria’s federal government has not designated these groups as terrorists As Genocide Watch has documented through interviews with Nigerian journalists on the ground, this is As the death toll rises, Nigeria’s Christian communities are left increasingly exposed, and unheard.

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Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the le The world notices the persecution of Nigerian Christians At last, the world notices persecution of Nigerian Christians The Washington Post October 10, 2025 By Robert Royal Massacres of Christians merit U.S. pressure on Nigeria’s government for strong A Catholic worshiper during a 2020 march in Abuja, Nigeria. Terrorists advance on Plateau state, Nigeria borders CDS Christopher Musa poses beside a truck branded

< Back Nigeria Team Report: August 9th, 2025 Protestors block highway. Photo by Olikita Ekani. The protest came just one day after the First Lady of Nigeria had announced a ₦1 billion donation to Several groups within Nigeria and abroad have referred to the violence as ethnic cleansing, or even genocide