Experts say the surge in attacks on African Christians is driven by local insurgencies and weak states, not a proxy war tied to Israel’s conflict in Gaza.

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Charred homes and abandoned churches mark the path of the Allied Democratic Forces in remote villages across the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a militia now linked to the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province. In northern Nigeria, grieving families bury loved ones after yet another night-time raid by Islamist fighters.Continue Reading