{"id":79723,"date":"2026-03-06T17:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79723"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:04:51","slug":"we-must-not-ignore-christian-persecution-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/we-must-not-ignore-christian-persecution-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00e3o devemos ignorar a persegui\u00e7\u00e3o aos crist\u00e3os na Eti\u00f3pia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow\u00a0 Nigeria\u2019s continued presence on the Countries of Particular Concern list is a good sign that religious liberty still motivates the American soul.\u00a0Beyond this, Rep.\u00a0Chris Smith\u00a0(R-N.J.)\u00a0teamed up with\u00a0Rep.\u00a0Riley Moore\u00a0(R-W.Va.)\u00a0to introduce\u00a0the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026\u00a0in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u00a0 In response to this action, Religious Freedom International notes\u00a0that\u00a0Smith has chaired 13 hearings focused exclusively on Nigeria\u00a0during\u00a0the past 30 years.\u00a0These\u00a0positive\u00a0endeavors\u00a0confronting violations of religious freedom should be applauded.\u00a0\u00a0 Nevertheless, because evil never rests,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow\u00a0 Nigeria\u2019s continued presence on the Countries of Particular Concern list is a good sign that religious liberty still motivates the American soul.\u00a0Beyond this, Rep.\u00a0Chris Smith\u00a0(R-N.J.)\u00a0teamed up with\u00a0Rep.\u00a0Riley Moore\u00a0(R-W.Va.)\u00a0to introduce\u00a0the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026\u00a0in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u00a0 In response to this action, Religious Freedom International notes\u00a0that\u00a0Smith has chaired 13 hearings focused exclusively on Nigeria\u00a0during\u00a0the past 30 years.\u00a0These\u00a0positive\u00a0endeavors\u00a0confronting violations of religious freedom should be applauded.\u00a0\u00a0 Nevertheless, because evil never rests,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":79722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-79723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77807,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-stem-persecution-in-nigeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":79723,"position":0},"title":"U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Stem Persecution in Nigeria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Mar\u00e7o 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, and Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV), with the support of other lawmakers, introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Secretary of State to compile and submit a comprehensive report to Congress on U.S. efforts to address Christian persecution and mass atrocities in Nigeria. For more than two decades, International Christian Concern ICC has chronicled mass killings and displacements of Christians by Fulani militias, Boko Haram, Islamic State West\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68004,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/update-trump-says-he-will-designate-nigeria-country-of-particular-concern\/","url_meta":{"origin":79723,"position":1},"title":"UPDATE: Trump says he will designate Nigeria &#039;country of particular concern&#039;","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Janeiro 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria. \/ Credit: Diego Cervo\/Shutterstock. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 \/ 17:30 pm (CNA). President Donald Trump said he is designating Nigeria a \"country of particular concern.\"In a social media post Oct. 31, Trump said, \"Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. 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I am hereby making Nigeria a \u201cCOUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.\u201d\u00a0 A Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation could significantly improve the lives of many Christians in Nigeria by raising awareness of the ongoing persecution and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":75283,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/nigeria-accounts-for-72-of-christian-killings-worldwide-new-report-finds\/","url_meta":{"origin":79723,"position":3},"title":"Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Julho 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Member of Parliament David Smith, the U.K. special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, speaks at the parliamentary launch of the World Watch List on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Open Doors Jan 16, 2026 \/ 10:11 am (CNA). More Christians were killed in Nigeria last year than anywhere else in the world combined, a new report has found, placing the country at the center of a growing global persecution crisis.Of the 4,849 Christians killed for their faith worldwide,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nigeria-accounts-for-72-of-Christian-killings-worldwide-new-report-finds.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nigeria-accounts-for-72-of-Christian-killings-worldwide-new-report-finds.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nigeria-accounts-for-72-of-Christian-killings-worldwide-new-report-finds.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nigeria-accounts-for-72-of-Christian-killings-worldwide-new-report-finds.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nigeria-accounts-for-72-of-Christian-killings-worldwide-new-report-finds.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5623,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/biden-administration-criticized-for-omitting-nigeria-from-religious-persecution-watchlist\/","url_meta":{"origin":79723,"position":4},"title":"Biden administration criticized for omitting Nigeria from religious persecution watchlist","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Junho 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source A map of Nigeria. \/ Credit: SevenMaps\/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 \/ 18:50 pm (CNA). Religious freedom activists are criticizing the Biden State Department for continuing to leave Nigeria off its \"countries of particular concern\u201d (CPC) watchlist, despite the department\u2019s&nbsp;own&nbsp;report highlighting the violent persecution of Christians in the country.One expert said&nbsp;that Nigeria\u2019s&nbsp;exclusion reveals a \"troubling inconsistency\u201d in the State Department\u2019s policy toward religious freedom.The&nbsp;2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, released by the State Department on Wednesday,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719621182_nigeria-map-aug-2023.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719621182_nigeria-map-aug-2023.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719621182_nigeria-map-aug-2023.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719621182_nigeria-map-aug-2023.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69745,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/african-union-responds-to-trumps-claims-regarding-nigerias-religious-freedom-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":79723,"position":5},"title":"African Union Responds to Trump\u2019s Claims Regarding Nigeria\u2019s Religious Freedom","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dezembro 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The African Union finally addresses the killing of Christians in Nigeria and released its statement in response to President Donald Trump&#8217;s threats to Nigeria if circumstances do not change.\u00a0 On Oct. 31, Trump officially designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) and called attention to the targeting of Christians there, threatening military intervention if Nigeria didn&#8217;t take action to stop the killings.\u00a0 Now the African Union is pushing back, claiming that holding Nigeria responsible for the attacks is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ICC-Favicon-80px-7.png?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79723"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=79723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}