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The Christian Council of Nigeria extended condolences for those who lost loved ones amid violent attacks in remote villages in northern Nigeria. At least 140 were killed as assailants targeted 17 communities, burning down most houses in the area. 

During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.

“They came to our house. We refused to open the door so they broke in though the window.”

That’s how Damaris Blessing Tiswan, a finance student at Kaduna Polytechnic, began describing her ordeal of being kidnapped with her four siblings at midnight.

On the eve of presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of the global fellowship, extended prayers for an enduring peace for the people and nation of Nigeria.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep shock at a recent attack on a church community during a Sunday morning mass at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.

En una declaración emitida durante la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se expresa alivio al conocerse la noticia de la liberación a salvo de los dirigentes religiosos secuestrados en Nigeria, pero también se expresa inquietud por la escalada de la crisis de delitos de secuestro en todo el país.

In a statement during its executive committee meeting, the World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed relief at hearing the news of the safe release of kidnapped religious leaders in Nigeria—but also expressed alarm over an escalating crisis of criminal kidnappings across the nation.

On the International Day of Living Together in Peace declared by the United Nations, members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship from countries troubled by war and conflict gathered to pray for sustainable peace in the world.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed the revulsion of the global fellowship of churches at the murder of Deborah Yakubu, a second-year college student beaten to death and burnt by a group of her fellow students in Sokoto, northern Nigeria.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep concern about the worsening security situation in Nigeria, and the impact on the people and churches of the country.

Desde su fundación en 2016, el Centro Internacional para la Paz y la Armonía Interreligiosas en Kaduna (Nigeria) ha ido construyendo un marco para pacificadores que dan testimonio de la paz y la armonía interreligiosas. Al mismo tiempo, sigue siendo un símbolo físico que ayuda a musulmanes y cristianos a trabajar conjuntamente de forma más eficaz.

In the years since it was founded in 2016, the International Centre for Inter-Faith Peace and Harmony in Kaduna, Nigeria has been building a cadre of peacemakers who are witnesses to inter-religious peace and harmony. It also continues to serve as a physical symbol helping Muslims and Christians work together more effectively.

En el estado de Kaduna, ubicado en el noroeste de Nigeria, los cristianos son las principales víctimas de la inseguridad y la violencia a raíz de los ataques perpetrados por bandidos que asaltan viviendas, pueblos e iglesias, matando a cristianos y secuestrando a otros para pedir rescate.

La persecución religiosa, las ambiciones territoriales y la limpieza étnica ocupan un lugar central en la violencia intercomunitaria de una región donde las comunidades se han establecido en función de su pertenencia religiosa, según explica el Rev. John Joseph Hayab, director de la Fundación Paz Global para Nigeria.

 

In Nigeria’s northwest state of Kaduna, Christians are bearing the brunt of insecurity and violence, as bandits attack homes, villages and churches, killing Christians and kidnapping others for ransom.

At the centre of the communal violence is religious persecution, territorial ambition and ethnic cleansing in the region where communities have settled along religious lines, according to Rev. John Joseph Hayab, the country director for the Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria.

 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy programme will hold workshops in April 2021 on HIV treatment adherence in Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) coorganizará un seminario titulado “Abordar los riesgos y la vulnerabilidad al VIH en migrantes, refugiados y desplazados internos”, del 1 al 5 de marzo en Jos (Nigeria).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will co-host a workshop on “Addressing Risks and Vulnerability to HIV for Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced People” from 1-5 March in Jos, Nigeria.