Open Doors, which monitors Christian persecution in over 60 countries, reports that over 32 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, half (16.2 million) of whom are Christians, have fled from their homes in recent years due to increasing violence often perpetrated by Islamic extremist groups or groups of radicalized Fulani herders who have killed tens of thousands in predominantly Christian farming communities in the last decade.
The organization's new report is based on data gathered from two states in Nigeria, where violence has resulted in the mass displacement of Christian communities and made the nation among the top 10 IDP-hosting countries worldwide.
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