Investigative reporter Douglas Burton will discuss the rise of genocidal terrorist movements in Nigeria.

About this event

Join IWP and Douglas Burton for a public lecture on Christian Genocide in Nigeria: its Causes and Reasons It Continues, A Report of Initial Findings from Investigative Reporting.

About the Speaker:

Douglas Burton is an award-winning conflict reporter specializing in Nigerian war news.

Doug mentors conflict reporters in North-Central Nigeria as the Managing Editor of TruthNigeria.com. Since 2019, he has authored scores of reports with The Epoch Times, Zenger News, and The Catholic News Agency. His work has been featured in Fox Nation, American Thought Leaders, The Westminster Institute and The Washington Times. Doug was honored by the Catholic Media Association in Jun, 2023 as a First Place Winner for Best Coverage of Religious Liberty Issues.

Having served the Washington Times Corporation as an assignment editor for two decades, Doug brought his skills to Baghdad in 2005 to support the U.S. occupation there for two years. From 2015 he began covering the campaign against the Islamic State as an independent reporter until 2017 and switched to reporting the persecution of Christians in Nigeria shortly thereafter. He produced the most complete story about the blasphemy murder of Deborah Emmanuel on May 12, 2022, in Nigeria’s northern city of Sokoto.

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