White House responds to surge in Christian persecution crisis across sub-Saharan Africa

The Trump administration responds to systematic attacks by Islamic State groups against Christian communities across Nigeria, DRC and other African nations.

Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported on African affairs for more than three decades from Johannesburg, South Africa. He can be followed on X @paultilsley

In neighboring Nigeria last month, 27 Christians were reported killed by Islamist Fulani tribesmen in the village of Bindi Ta-hoss, where residents are predominantly Christian. Eyewitness Solomon Sunday said, "I advised my family to seek refuge in the church, which seemed the safest place at the time. I lost my wife and second daughter in the attack; they were burned [alive] by Fulani militias." 

Local youth leader D’Young Mangut, who helped retrieve the bodies, added, "People are being killed like chickens, and nothing is being done."