NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – In Africa’s most populous nation, a deadly cycle of violence has unfolded for several years, with Christian clergy and laypeople as well as moderate Muslims falling victim to ...

Nigeria does not have a Christian genocide problem. It has multiple, overlapping problems with complex local dynamics that spill across its borders. The Trump administration’s recent decision to ...

According to the Pew Research Center, about one-quarter of countries worldwide exhibit “high” or “very high” levels of social hostilities involving religion, including violent religion-related attacks ...

Nigeria is facing "a terrifying crisis of religious violence," the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its 2026 annual report, released March 4. USCIRF, an independent, ...

A released Nigerian girl, who was kidnapped from her school in Dapchi, in the northeastern state of Yobe, rests as she and her schoolmates wait to meet the Nigerian president at the Presidential Villa ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — While many Christians see persecution, analysts and officials say the country’s long-running conflict is driven largely by insecurity, land disputes and criminal networks ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Days after multiple incidents of violence were reported across the nation during Christmas, the influential Catholic Church in Kerala Monday published a sharp critique of the BJP ...

America has a political violence problem. It is growing and it has come to New Hampshire. Are our political leaders ready to respond? The trend lines point in a grim direction. Christian Urrutia is a ...