Minna, Nigeria, Dec 1, 2025 (AFP) - School kidnapping evokes anger, prayers in religiously mixed Nigeria

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2025-12-01

More than a week after the mass kidnapping of hundreds of children from a Catholic school, emotions remain raw in the religiously mixed Niger state in central Nigeria. Predominantly Muslim, Niger state has a significant Christian population and followers of the two faiths live side-by-side in harmony. But the November 21 kidnapping of more than 300 schoolchildren from the remote Papiri village has prompted complaints of Christian persecution --......

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