In Depth:  Paul & Christine Perkin

Christians in Northern Nigeria use the word ‘Crises’ in the same way that the word ‘Troubles’ was used in Northern Ireland of a terrorist attack or other act of sectarian violence.

‘Have you heard there was another Crisis yesterday in Kanu (or Kaduna or Jos)?’ means children were abducted, or a church was torched, a pastor was killed, or a bomb exploded in a market.