In a troubling revelation, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has reported that around 30,000 armed Fulani militants are currently active in Nigeria, exacerbating issues of insecurity and threatening religious freedoms throughout the nation. The USCIRF's latest report, titled "Nonstate Violators of Religious Freedom in Nigeria: Fulani Militants," characterizes these armed groups as among the most lethal non-state actors engaging in violent activities, particularly in the Middle Belt and…

In Burkina Faso, the leaders of the Fulani community and several community leaders from the eastern region were received by the Minister of National Reconciliation. The delegation came to express its concerns about the security situation in the eastern region and called for an intervention by the reconciliation minister with the security forces on the spot to allow the Fulani community to live in peace…