African Anglicans: Religion Is Driving Boko Haram

The threat posed by Boko Haram to the people of Nigeria was the focus of discussion at last week’s meeting of the House of Bishops of the Church of Nigeria. Meeting at the Ibru Centre in Agbarha-Otor, Delta State under the theme of “The 21st God’s Ambassadors in the Anglican Church” the bishops reviewed the toll taken on the church in Northern Nigeria by the extremist Muslim group. On 3 Jan 2015 Boko Haram overran the towns of Baga and Doron Baga in north-eastern Nigeria on Lake Chad. Amnesty International reports that hundreds of people were killed in the attack while satellite photos show the town being destroyed. Amnesty International released aerial photographs of the town, one of Baga taken a day before the attack and the second four days later.