MEMRI Research And Analysis Documents Jihadis Targeting Christians Beyond Nigeria And Across Africa Since 2021 – MEMRI | Middle East Media Research Institute

Over the past five years, MEMRI’s research has consistently documented how jihadi organizations have been brutally targeting Christian communities across Africa. As the plight of Christians in Nigeria gains public attention, we are re-releasing our research and documentation on the topic, which shows the extent of the jihadi violence and religious persecution, which proliferates far beyond Nigeria and across the continent.
The Following are some of MEMRI’s reports and analysis on this topic:
October 30, 2025 – When It Comes To Africa, Genocide Seems To Be In The Eye Of The Beholder, By Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez
September 9, 2025 – New Islamic State Africa Video Features An Old Playbook, By Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez
August 8, 2025 – Nigeria: Africa’s War Within A War, By Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez
January 16, 2025 – In 2024, Islamic State (ISIS) Affiliates In Africa Killed Over 994 Christians, Beheaded More Than Half Of Them, Destroyed Hundreds Of Their Properties, By N. Tariq
December 2024 – On Christmas, Where Is The Outrage? As Jihadi Persecution Of African Christians Continues – From Torching Churches And Terrorizing Villagers To Beheading And Murdering Nuns And Priests – Not A Peep Is Heard From Those Who Should Be Leading Efforts To Protect Them – The Pope, The UN, The NAACP, And African American Activists And Organizations Such As Black Lives Matter And Ta-Nehisi Coates, By Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D.
July 3, 2024 – A Snapshot Of The Islamic State’s Persecution Of African Christians: 698 Christians In The DRC, Mozambique, Nigeria, Cameroon, And Mali Killed In First Half Of 2024, By Matt Schierer
March 29, 2024 – Silence Speaks: A Good Friday Reflection On The Islamic State’s Persecution Of African Christians, By Matt Shierer
June 2023 – ISIS In Africa – Targeting Christians Killing, Beheading, Murdering Priests And Nuns, Burning Churches, Health Clinics, And Homes – As The World Is Largely Silent (Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Mozambique), by Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D., R. Sosnow, A. Smith, S. Ali, K. Choukry, Matt Schierer, N. Mozes, Y. Kerman, G. Pacchiani, and Y. Kulka

December 30, 2021 – As Islamic State Strikes In Uganda, Christians Remain Key Target In Group’s Expansionist African Campaign
 
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