Nigeria 2nd on Genocide List as GOP Pushes for Sanctions

Killings of Christians by Islamic terrorists have soared by thousands since President Biden rescinded the Country of Particular Concern designation in 2021.

Purity Panmun Danat, 3, was the sole survivor of a massacre of her entire family by Islamic terrorists. Her father, her mother, her three brothers, and a sister were all killed when their village, Kambar-Pelli, was attacked on the night of Dec. 23, 2023. Masara Kim / The Epoch Times

JOS, NIGERIA—Amid Republican-led efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to push for sanctions, Nigeria has, in recent years, had the second most deaths from genocide worldwide, as reported by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety), an international crime-tracking nonprofit.

Over the past 15 years, the country has witnessed more than 150,000 deaths attributed to Islamic extremists, according to Intersociety’s latest report shared with The Epoch Times.