America’s ‘stunning betrayal’ of Nigeria's Christians
The leader of Nigeria’s 80 million Christians traveled to Washington this week and called on the United States to intervene on behalf of persecuted believers in his embattled country.
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday morning before holding a midday press conference to decry the largely unchecked violence in Africa’s most populous country.
“America has a strong history of civil rights and my hope is that our brothers here can awaken the conscience of humanity to stop this genocide,” Oritsejafor said at the National Press Club....