For Nigerian Mark Lipdo, the last few weeks in his hometown of Jos have been like enduring "a horror film." Lipdo is director of Stefanos Foundation, a Jos-based organization that helps suffering Christians in Nigeria. Lately, the suffering has been immense.
Muslims gangs raided three predominantly Christian villages in central Nigeria's Plateau State in the pre-dawn hours of March 7, slaughtering more than 300 people—mostly women, children, and the elderly.
Ten days later, another gang attacked a nearby Christian village, killing at least a dozen people and burning at least 15 homes. Lipdo witnessed the carnage at both sites: "Little children—those who were sucklings still with their mothers—those were the ones massacred most."
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