January 27, 2012

Boko Haram 3

More articles related to Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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January 10, 2012

Boko Haram 2

A Storified collection of articles about Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria.

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October 19, 2011

Structures of Sin: West Africa Piracy

How will this affect mission ships off Nigeria?

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August 16, 2011

West Africa Piracy: Increasing

In the category of structures of sin and criminal activity, a number of articles are reviewing the marked rise in piracy off the western coast of Africa: NYT: Nigeria: Piracy Rises Off West Africa BBC: ‘Piracy soars’ off coast of Benin Reuters: Dozens of ships fleeing Benin waters due to piracy – navy ifw-net.com: African copycat pirates becoming bolder Pirates often function in swarmish fashion, similar to the way in which the riots developed in London. When there is no immediate and heavy response to disrupt early successes, later pirates will learn from tactics and repeat them—especially when they are [...]

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July 13, 2011

The intersection between superstition and football

Defeat: We found charms in our dressing room – Nigerian captain creates all sorts of questions about the ongoing impact of magic, superstition, voodoo, etc. in African societies. The Nigerians are accusing the Ghanaians of putting juju charms in their dressing room, which then filled the young players with fear and explained their loss. Nigeria professes to be 51% Christian and 45% Muslim, with 3% belonging to ethnic religions. But the reality is always more complicated. As Operation World notes, “actual practice of traditional religions can be as high as 10% of the population.” Use of charms as offensive weapons to [...]

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May 9, 2011

New statistics on drug transits through West Africa

A recent report from the World Bank notes that 25 tons of cocaine, valued at US$1 billion, was shipped from Latin America through West African countries (including especially Ghana) to reach Europe, where its street value was estimated at $6.8 billion. Worldwide value, heroin: $65 billion Worldwide value, cocaine: $88 billion Heroin, % of global total consumed by Europe/North America: 53% Cocaine, % of global total consumed by Europe/North America: 67% Organized crime, annual revenues: $120 billion to $330 billion See GhanaWeb.com.

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April 4, 2011

Status of West Africa: Spring 2011

Massive displacement caused by famines and conflict has left many traumatized.

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May 14, 2010

Massive outreach in France

http://bit.ly/91zPK0 - The Luis Palau Association plans to bring its “Festival” evangelistic model to France in May 2011 for the very first time.

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April 16, 2010

Africa: hub for drug traffickers

Africa’s Drug Problem – It doesn’t produce or consume much cocaine, but West Africa has become a critical hub for traffickers (NYT).

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March 22, 2010

Gaddafi row: suggests Christian-Muslim split in Nigeria

The leader of Libya suggested Nigeria ought to be split on religious grounds between Christians and Muslims, and a diplomatic row has ensued.

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March 22, 2010

New martyrs in Nigeria

Second Wave of Attacks Near Jos, Nigeria Leaves 13 Christians Dead (Religion News Blog). The attacks are more political in nature: Christian politicians in Plateau state have blocked many Muslims from being legally recognized as citizens (CBSNews.com). Update: Steve has further analysis.

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January 25, 2010

Religious strife in Jos, Nigeria

This information comes via the World Evangelical Alliance. From: Gideon Para-Mallam Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:43 AM Subject: Fw: UPDATE ON THE JOS CRISIS AND CALL FOR HELP Dear Friends This is an urgent call to prayer and action from us to the international Christian community. Please find attached a write-up from certain ECWA leaders providing a situation analysis of of the ongoing attack on the lives and property of indigenous peoples and other Christians in Jos and environs. As I write men dressed in army uniforms, whose true identity is yet to be fully ascertained, are going [...]

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September 1, 1996

Nigeria: the Africa of the future?

By 2025 Nigeria will have 238 million inhabitants–almost the same population as the United States has now, but in less than 10% of the space. China (1.5 billion) and India (1.4 billion) will still be the most populous countries. Africa’s doubling time is 25 years; which means that by 2025 Africa will have 1.49 billion residents. At that time, Africa will likely have more Christians than any other region on Earth–presently estimated at 620 million, or one quarter of the world’s total. Latin America will be a close second, with 619 million. North America with 241 million will rank fourth, [...]

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