Nigeria

Many key positions in the state and administration are held by Muslims. As a result, the main actors in the persecution of Christians, the Islamist terrorist organizations Boko Haram, ISIS and the Fulani Militia, go effectively unpunished. In attacks on predominantly Christian villages, the number of victims is sometimes so high that they must be buried in mass graves. Nigeria’s northern regions are one of the epicenters of global radical Islamist terrorism.

In addition, there is discrimination and harassment, especially in the northern states. Government agencies are dragging their feet on applications for public housing, and Christians are facing significant bureaucratic hurdles. Christians are disadvantaged or even excluded in the allocation of public offices.

ACP has been active in Nigeria since 2020. We currently work with two local partners: a local community in Jos, capital of the central state of Plateau, and a new initiative in Gombe State in the northeast. The focus of the project work is to help people, primarily Christians, who have been victims of Islamist terror. We help them to build new livelihoods in their ancestral villages. In refugee camps, many have found shelter, survival assistance, help to help themselves and support for their children schooling. In addition, there is discrimination and harassment, especially in the northern states. Applications for community buildings are delayed and encounter high bureaucratic hurdles; Christians are disadvantaged or even excluded in the allocation of public offices.

AVC has been active in Nigeria since 2020. We work with a local community in Jos, capital of the central state of Plateau. The focus of the project work is to help Christians who have been victims of Islamist terror. We help them to build new livelihoods in their ancestral villages. In refugee camps, many have found shelter, survival assistance, help to help themselves and support for their children schooling.