Onize is WORLD’s Africa reporter and deputy global desk chief. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University–Moorhead. Onize resides in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Extremists have labeled the region’s Coptic Christians their ‘favorite prey’
A Sudanese pastor and an activist remain imprisoned for helping raise money for the victim of a pro-government militia attack
More than 250 migrants have died on the Mediterranean Sea this year
Prosecutor appointed after a Christian neighborhood was attacked
Angry residents burn the homes and businesses of foreigners
Bounty announcement follows a Sunday explosion that killed more than 30 people
New video includes a statement from the attacker who bombed a Coptic church in December
Black soot fills the air in the city of Port Harcourt
The attack is the latest in a recent spike of violence against the country’s minority Christian community