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Nigeria: Two Christian girls abducted by Boko Haram rescued after nine years in captivity
Two young Christian women in Nigeria have been rescued after being abducted by Boko Haram terrorists over nine years ago, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Major General Ibrahim Ali, who leads Nigeria’s military efforts against the country’s northeastern Islamic insurgency, said Nigerian troops had rescued the girls, and they had been reunited with their families. Now in their 20s, Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus were among some 300 school girls who were abducted from their school in Chibok, Nigeria in 2014, ICC reports. The girls were forced to “marry” Boko Haram fighters and “convert” to Islam. “Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria and displaced millions to discard western influence and impose strict Islamic Sharia law,” ICC said in its report.
DOULOS HOPE: OM’S NEW SHIP TO REACH ASIAN PORTS
A ship acquired by OM in 2022 has gone through a year-long renovation process to become the global missions organisation’s first vessel of this kind to operate in shallow waters such as rivers and lakes. The ship’s ministry is “entering a new phase”, they said, since the new Doulos Hope will be able to reach more people in inland contexts. The Doulos Hope is also equipped with a floating bookshop that brings Christian and
