Nigeria is at risk of following in the footsteps of Afghanistan and being overrun by Islamic rebels unless the West acts firmly to stop terrorist violence in the African nation, a Nigerian Bishop has warned British politicians.

Christians make up roughly half of Nigeria’s population, and Christians have been subject to increased risk of violence as part of wider political violence playing out in the country. There has been a worrying rise in the number of attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria, increasing from 18 in 2019, 31 in 2020, to 23 in the first six months of 2022, according to Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED).

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Love—caritas—will always prove necessary, even in the most just society. There is no ordering of the State so just that it can eliminate the need for a service of love. Whoever wants to eliminate love is preparing to eliminate man as such. There will always be suffering which cries out for consolation and help. There will always be loneliness. There will always be situations of material need where help in the form of concrete love of neighbor is indispensable.

~ Pope Benedict XVI