Nigeria

TURNED DOWN: Deborah and her mom (left); the caskets of her brother Caleb and her father Peter.

A battle of wills and ideas

by Mindy Belz

Nigeria | In terrorist-plagued Nigeria, the Obama administration can’t decide whose side it’s on

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/a_battle_of_wills_and_ideas]

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerian president declares a state of emergency

by Rachel Cooper

International |  Northeast Nigeria is in a state of emergency after the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, announced Islamic extremists control some of the area’s…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/nigerian_president_declares_a_state_of_emergency]

DESTROYED: A young girl stands amid burned ruins in Baga, Nigeria, on April 21.
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Tar bubbles and terrorism

by Mindy Belz

Human Rights |  Punishing crimes big and small can be life-and-death business

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/tar_bubbles_and_terrorism]

A Muslim pilgrim is wheeled out of the Grand mosque after the noon prayer in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Globe Trot: Saudi Arabia mulls paralysis as criminal punishment

by Mindy Belz

International |  April is the Month of Microfinance and today is the day every gift to Five Talents, one of many groups majoring in microfinance…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/globe_trot_saudi_arabia_mulls_paralysis_as_criminal_punishment]

An original 1939 Ministry of Information

Globe Trot: No need to panic

by Mindy Belz

International |  “Keep Calm and Carry On” is a good Monday slogan, and originally part of a 1939 British war propaganda campaign. But it actually never went public during…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/globe_trot_no_need_to_panic]

A Tunisian bites the national flag while carrying the coffin of slain Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid during his funeral in Tunis.

Globe Trot: Unrest in Tunisia, confirmation battles, killings in Nigeria and Christians fleeing Syria

by Mindy Belz

International |  Tunisia is following Egypt into post-revolution uproar after the shooting death of Chokri Belaid, a prominent secularist opponent of the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/globe_trot_unrest_in_tunisia_confirmation_battles_killings_in_nigeria_and_christ]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks at the Opera House in Damascus Sunday.

Globe Trot: Defiant Assad, Chavez’s rule, brutal Burma crackdowns …

by Mindy Belz

International |  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a defiant speech on Sunday—his first public address in six months—defending his harsh crackdown that has brought on…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/globe_trot_defiant_assad_chavez_s_rule_brutal_burma_crackdowns]

A refugee sits at the camp in Maban County, South Sudan.

Globe Trot: South Sudan camp, Iraqi Shiites killed, Iran sanctions, Zero Dark Thirty …

by Mindy Belz

International |  Tensions are growing in Maban County, South Sudan—an area we’ve focused on that has a rich heritage of Christian ministry and has since mid-2011 attracted…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/globe_trot_south_sudan_camp_iraqi_shiites_killed_iran_sanctions_zero_dark_thirty]

The aftermath of last year's Christmas Day bombing at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria

Another deadly Christmas in Nigeria

by Mickey McLean

Nigeria |  For the third Christmas in a row, Nigerian Christians have come under brutal attack. According to CNN, local police report that at least 12 people were killed…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/12/another_deadly_christmas_in_nigeria]

People stand in front of the partially destroyed St. Theresa Catholic Church outside Abuja after a bombing on Christmas Day 2011.

Christmas fear

by J.C. Derrick

Nigeria |  Nigerian Christians vow to gather to worship on Christmas Day despite the threat of terrorist violence

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/12/christmas_fear]

FRONT LINES: Victims of a Sept. 23 suicide bomb attack at Bauchi’s St. John’s Catholic Church sit in an ambulance.
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Your kingdom come

by Mindy Belz

Nigeria |  Resolved: To pray more boldly in 2013, following the example of my Nigerian brother

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/12/your_kingdom_come]

Globe Trot 11.30

Globe Trot 11.30

by Mindy Belz

International |  Quite a picture (at right), as a Bahraini lawmaker burns an Israeli flag inside Parliament. Member of Parliament Osama Al-Tamimi’s gesture was not censured…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/11/globe_trot_11_30]

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