@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Nigeria is a diverse, multiethnic country split between the mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south [1].”
„Nigeria is a diverse, multiethnic country split between the mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south [1].”
@RonFilipkowski 2).
„The country has long faced insecurity from various fronts including the Boko Haram extremist group, which seeks to establish its radical interpretation of Islamic law and has also targeted Muslims it deems not Muslim enough.
„The country has long faced insecurity from various fronts including the Boko Haram extremist group, which seeks to establish its radical interpretation of Islamic law and has also targeted Muslims it deems not Muslim enough.
@RonFilipkowski 3).
Attacks in Nigeria have varying motives. There are religiously motivated ones targeting both Christians and Muslims, clashes between farmers and herders over dwindling resources, communal rivalries, secessionist groups and ethnic clashes [2].
Attacks in Nigeria have varying motives. There are religiously motivated ones targeting both Christians and Muslims, clashes between farmers and herders over dwindling resources, communal rivalries, secessionist groups and ethnic clashes [2].
@RonFilipkowski 4).
While Christians are among those targeted [3], analysts say the majority of victims of armed groups are Muslims in Nigeria’s Muslim-majority north, where most attacks occur [2] [4].”
While Christians are among those targeted [3], analysts say the majority of victims of armed groups are Muslims in Nigeria’s Muslim-majority north, where most attacks occur [2] [4].”
@RonFilipkowski 5).
„Violence in the country has grown amid near daily attacks by armed groups and bandits in northern Nigeria, Amnesty International reported [5] earlier this year, calling the mounting death toll a »humanitarian crisis« [6].”
Nov. 1/2, 2025
„Violence in the country has grown amid near daily attacks by armed groups and bandits in northern Nigeria, Amnesty International reported [5] earlier this year, calling the mounting death toll a »humanitarian crisis« [6].”
Nov. 1/2, 2025
@RonFilipkowski 6).
[1] 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) archive.ph/7N7kW
[2] @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/8…
[1] 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) archive.ph/7N7kW
[2] @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/8…
@RonFilipkowski @washingtonpost @AJEnglish 7).
[3] „Most violence in Nigeria has taken place in the northeast, where extremist group Boko Haram has regularly attacked churches and kidnapped children for more than a decade as part of its campaign to build an Islamist state through violence (a).
[3] „Most violence in Nigeria has taken place in the northeast, where extremist group Boko Haram has regularly attacked churches and kidnapped children for more than a decade as part of its campaign to build an Islamist state through violence (a).
@RonFilipkowski @washingtonpost @AJEnglish 8).
In the southwest, violence has mostly consisted of kidnappings for ransom and conflict between farmers and herders from the Yoruba ethnic group (b).
(a) 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) archive.ph/5ATCi
In the southwest, violence has mostly consisted of kidnappings for ransom and conflict between farmers and herders from the Yoruba ethnic group (b).
(a) 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) archive.ph/5ATCi
@RonFilipkowski @washingtonpost @AJEnglish 9).
(b) 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) archive.ph/7N7kW
[4] @PBS pbs.org/newshour/world…
[5] @amnesty amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
[6] @ABC abcnews.go.com/International/…
(b) 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) archive.ph/7N7kW
[4] @PBS pbs.org/newshour/world…
[5] @amnesty amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
[6] @ABC abcnews.go.com/International/…
@RonFilipkowski @washingtonpost @AJEnglish @PBS @amnesty @ABC Please unroll @threadreaderapp. Thank you in advance 𓃠
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