In the village of Zenam Kelouri, Nigerien soldiers carry out a show of force in their fight against Boko Haram on February 29, 2016. | VOA/Nicolas Pinault At least 2,200 Christians were killed by Islamist extremists in Nigeria in 2020, according to a new report. Nigeria-based NGO the International Society for Civil Liberties put the total number of deaths of Christians since 2009 at 32,400, with a further 20,000 moderate Muslims killed in this time. The report blames much of the violence against Christians on radicalised Fulani herdsmen, and accuses the Nigerian government of trying to cover up what it calls "Fulani Jihadism". Society head Emeka Umeagbalasi said that militants were taking "clandestine control of state power", while violence by Fulani herdsmen represented the "most dangerous dimension" to radical Islamism in Nigeria.