Douglas Burton

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Writer | Speaker — Conflict Reporter and Editor of Truth Nigeria

Douglas Burton is an award winning conflict reporter specializing in Nigerian war news. Doug mentors conflict reporters in North-Central Nigeria as Managing Editor of TruthNigeria.com. Since 2019 he has authored scores of reports with The Epoch Times, and 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 Catholic Media Association in June, 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 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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Equipping The Persecuted

The mission of Equipping the Persecuted is to take action to save lives and prevent terrorist attacks. Our goal is to protect, rebuild, and strengthen...

Featured on: Monday, May 6, 2024

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September 18, 2026

Penna Dexter

Explaining NEET

A young conservative Anglican, who goes by the pseudonym Crier in the Wilderness, has an essay at Virtue Online that attempts to explain a category of young men who are not in a good place. They are N...

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September 18, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Birth Tourism

Although the Supreme Court reaffirmed that birthright citizenship is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, there is the related issue of birth tourism. Unfortunately, the media tends to confl...

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September 17, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Message to Students

Emily Austin recently spoke at the Christians United for Israel conference. She had a message for the students protesting America and calling for revolution. First, she asked them if they “have an...

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