Almost 200 church communities have disappeared in Maiduguri Diocese in north-eastern Nigeria since August, with church buildings destroyed by Boko Haram Islamic terrorists, a diocesan official reported, writes Ellen Teague. Fr Gideon Obasogie, director of social communications, said that the terrorists have wrecked parishes across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
16 October 2014, The Tablet
Parishes wiped out
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