OUAGADOUGOU—A seventh dead body of a miner missing from a Burkina Faso zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining Corp. that flooded on April 16 was discovered on Wednesday and search teams are continuing to look for an eighth, the government said in a statement. Hopes of finding any survivors vanished last month when rescue teams…
State Department’s Skewed Reports Enabling Nigerian Violence: Rights Advocates
After the worst massacre of Catholic faithful in Nigeria’s history on June 5, rights advocates have rebuked the U.S. Department of State’s flawed conclusions in its annual religious freedom report for 2021. “Instead of tongues of fire—bombs and firearms descended on worshippers in southwestern Ondo state [June 5] in a Pentecost Day massacre,” said government…
Nigeria Suspects ISIS of Killing 40 in Catholic Church
ABUJA—Nigerian authorities suspect the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out a massacre in a Catholic church on Sunday in which 40 people were killed, Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on Thursday. Assailants wielding AK-47 rifles and explosives attacked the congregation at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, in southwestern Ondo…
Governor Points to Foreign-born Jihadists Behind Catholic Church Massacre
LAGOS—The subject was Pentecost, but the message was bullets that killed more than 40 people in a Catholic congregation in Nigeria’s relatively serene Ondo state. The priest was just giving the benediction at the end of a mass to celebrate Pentecost Sunday when at least four shooters detonated a bomb and began spraying bullets among trapped worshippers. The…
Multinational Military Task Force Wipes Out Hundreds of Islamist Terrorists Near Lake Chad
At least Boko Haram 800 terrorists and those of rival ISIS of West Africa Province (ISWAP) are believed to have been killed in ongoing coordinated land and air offensives by a multinational military task force. Sophisticated weapons and equipment belonging to the insurgents—including AK-47 rifles, gun trucks, ammunition, canoes, improvised explosive devices, and cell phones—have…
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Historical Revisionism
June 8, 2022
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Commentary Historical revisionism involves the exploration of new perspectives on past events. Such exploration might find new evidence which adds to humankind’s understanding and knowledge of history. The aim is always “to find the truth in a past occurrence, complete historical panoramas, and enrich the way we view the events that have shaped our current…
Infants Among 22 Worshippers Killed in Nigeria Church Attack
ABUJA. Nigeria—Two infants are among the 22 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria that has shocked the West African nation, an emergency official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The dead have been taken to the morgue while about 50 wounded people are still being treated in hospital following the…
Suspected ISIS Affiliates Kill at Least 18 in East Congo Attack
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Suspected ISIS terrorist affiliates killed at least 18 people in a village raid in eastern Congo on Sunday night, local sources said, while fighting resumed with the M23 rebel group in a neighbouring province. Terrorists believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed residents and burned down houses in the…
Two Red Cross Workers Killed in Attack in Western Mali
DAKAR—Two Red Cross workers were killed on Wednesday when their car was attacked by unidentified armed men in western Mali, the global humanitarian organization said on Thursday. Armed men on motorcycles opened fire on the vehicle in the region of Kayes, the Malian Red Cross said in a statement. The driver, who was Malian, and…
Charity Accuses UK Government of Trying to Deport Unaccompanied Minors to Rwanda
The UK government was accused by a charity on Saturday of attempting to deport two underage boys to Rwanda. Care4Calais, a refugee charity that said it’s working with 70 out of the 100 people who have received the government’s notices of intention to send them to Rwanda, said the Home Office didn’t properly assess the…
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