Nigeria, massacre in the parish of Yelewata: at least 50 people killed

Dozens of displaced people in Nigeria died when their temporary houses were purportedly set on fire during the night between Friday and Saturday, in a terrorist act that did not spare women and children. Father Remigius Ihyula, coordinator of the Development, Justice, and Peace Commission of the diocese of Makurdi, said they are “shocked, terrified” by what happened and thanked the Pope for “his words of love and closeness”
The incident occurred in the government area of ​​Guma, east of the Nigerian state of Benue, on the night between June 13 and 14. The death toll is still uncertain. Authorities claim that the victims are 50 while eyewitnesses said they have counted almost 200. All the victims were of the Christian religion. On June 15, Pope Leo XIV, during the Angelus, expressed all the sorrow of the Catholic Church for the massacre. These acts of terrorism are part of a decades-long conflict in the area between sedentary farmers and shepherds who compete for the use of land.