Abduction of Italian priest shocks Niger
World Watch Monitor In Niger, the abduction of an Italian priest in the southwest of the country has left the communities he served for 11 years in shock and sorrow. Fr Pier Luigi Maccalli, 57, was kidnapped by unknown armed men on Monday night in his parish of Bamoanga, about 125 kilometres from the capital […]
Africa: Niger’s churches rebuilt but the West African nation “no longer tolerant”
ILLIA DJADI reports for World Watch Monitor on how, in the aftermath of attacks three years ago, Niger’s churches have been rebuilt as “joy and celebration” has replaced “sorrow and anger” among the nation’s small Christian population…
Postcards: Niger – a year after 70 churches destroyed in ‘anti-Charlie’ riots
ILLIA DJADI, of World Watch Monitor, reports from Niger…