According to Unicef’s State of the World’s Children 2022 report, Niger is one of the countries with the highest burden of death among children under 5. Last year, 124,291 children under the age of five died. Approximately 8% of children in Niger die before their...
According to the U.S. Department of State, Niger is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Caste-based slavery practices continue primarily in the northern part of the country. Please pray for the numerous Nigeriens subject...
According to joshuaproject.net, there are more than 1 million Sokoto Fulani people living in Niger. The Sokoto are 99.9% Muslim. The Sokoto Fulani people are spread across much of West Africa. Pray that Christians would rise up to bring the Gospel to the Sokoto Fulani people...
Tabaski, an Islamic festival, is currently underway in Niger. Millions of Nigeriens spend a large percentage of their annual income to purchase an animal to sacrifice as a sin offering. Pray that the Lord would use this time of sacrifice to call the people of...
Throughout Niger, animal sacrifices continue to be a normal practice in order to give thanks or make a request to spirits or gods. Sometimes sacrifices are offered to seek blessings as health, success, and good fortune, but other times sacrifices are made to curse another...
At the beginning of the rainy season, it is normal for large sandstorms to engulf entire cities in Niger in red sand. Recently, sand storms in the capital city have darkened the afternoon sky to pitch black as the sands overwhelm the city before ushering...
Pray for the Wodaabe people who have a history steeped in witchcraft, sorcery, prostitution, forced marriage, and spirit worship. Praise God that many Wodaabe people are coming to Christ and are abandoning these harmful practices. Pray that the Gospel would spread throughout the Wodaabe people...
There is a Zarma tradition that a father will bring his newborn infant to the river’s edge and place him or her in the water. If the child floats, they believe that the child is truly theirs, but if the child begins to sink, another...
The Gerewol is an annual Woddabé festival where the men compete in a beauty contest to win the affection of women, both married and unmarried. The men spend hours decorating themselves with yellow-colored faces, blackened lips (to make their teeth appear whiter), white lines painted...
Continue to pray for the participants of a conference for Fulani Christians that is taking place this week in Niger. Pray that God would use these men and women to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Fulani people across Niger. Praise God for...