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British peers dub Northern Nigeria’s massacres a genocide – but NGOs frustrate ICC process

Action to prevent genocide against Christians in Northern Nigeria by Boko Haram and militarised Fulani herders is being prevented by academics and could leave it too late to take concerted action. ... Read Full Article

Christian, Muslim gatherings are Africa’s COVID achilles heel

Religion could be the reason coronavirus gets out of control in Africa. ... Read Full Article

The mother campaigning for the rescue of her child enslaved by Boko Haram

This is a face so deeply etched with pain that I hardly can bear to look into those eyes. ... Read Full Article

JENNY JAMES TAYLOR specialises in religious literacy and was appointed Research Fellow in Communication, Media and Journalism at the Kirby Laing Institute in Cambridge in 2019. A Bloomsbury author and campaigner she pioneered religious literacy in journalism, founding Lapido Media in 2005 as a publicly subscribed online newspaper and publisher. Described by historian Tom Holland as 'groundbreaking', it helped to change the national secular discourse by providing resources for journalists needing to ‘get religion’ in an age of globalization. Widely travelled, Taylor has a doctorate in religion from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has been published many times in academic journals and the mainstream and on-line media including the Guardian, the Times and, in translation, the European press. Her books include Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular’ Britain with Lesslie Newbigin and Lamin Sanneh (SPCK 1998 and Wipf&Stock 2005) and A Wild Constraint (Continuum 2008), an extended essay on contemporary sexuality. An Associate of the Community of St Mary the Virgin, she lives in community in London and Suffolk.