YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon — A leading Catholic research entity in Africa has welcomed the call by a British Catholic politician for urgent action to resist the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
Johan Viljoen, director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute, an entity of the Southern Catholic Bishops’ Conference, called the recent push by crossbench peer Lord Alton of Liverpool “commendable”.
“Other major powers should follow suit, by demanding action from the Nigerian government. Any foreign assistance or investment to Nigeria should be made conditional to the strict observance of human rights,” Viljoen said.
