World Watch Monitor

• Death and Destruction by Fulani Herdsmen Continues in Central Nigeria
  Fulani herdsmen have occupied almost all of the areas named above: and that some church buildings and premises are now being used as camps, from which the herdsmen continue to attack other...
  Wednesday, July 20, 2016
• Turkey: Churches Targeted During Attempted Coup
  Two churches in cities in eastern Turkey infamous as the sites of historic killings of Christians were vandalised during the attempted coup on 15 July, reports Middle East Concern.
  Tuesday, July 19, 2016
• Four Police Officers Charged with Killing Christian Lawyer in Kenya
  A court in Nairobi has charged four police officers in connection with the murder of a lawyer and two of his companions.
  Monday, July 18, 2016
• Nigeria: Woman Preacher Hacked to Death
  A preacher was hacked to death in the early hours of 9 July near Nigeria’s capital.
  Tuesday, July 12, 2016
• Nine Christians Killed in Another Attack in Eastern DRC
  An attack by unknown armed men early on Tuesday morning (5 July) has claimed the lives of at least nine Christians in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Friday, July 8, 2016
• Khartoum Re-Arrests Pastor, Holds Others 'Pending Serious Charges'
  Five months since his initial detention, Sudan’s internal security has re-arrested a local Church of Christ pastor.
  Friday, May 27, 2016
• Second Chibok Girl Rescued, Says Nigerian Army
  Nigeria’s army says that it has rescued a second Chibok schoolgirl, two days after rescuing Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, the first of the 219 kidnapped girls to be found alive.
  Friday, May 20, 2016
• European Parliament debates Nigeria and Boko Haram
  A conference on religious radicalisation, Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria was held by the largest group in the European Parliament last week.
  Wednesday, May 11, 2016
• Syrian Priest: "No Words to Describe the Suffering"
  Amid the worst violence since the Syrian conflict began more than five years ago, a local Syrian Catholic archbishop has joined in raising attention to the situation facing Christians in the city...
  Friday, May 6, 2016
• Algerian Churches Still Fighting for Freedom of Worship
  Churches in Algeria are facing intimidation and harassment, despite constitutional provisions guaranteeing freedom of worship in the country.
  Friday, April 29, 2016
• UK Parliament Votes That Islamic State Commits ‘Genocide’
  The UK Parliament has joined US Secretary of State John Kerry, US House of Representatives, the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in describing the actions...
  Thursday, April 21, 2016
• Eritrean Church Leaders Still in Jail 12 Years Later
  Although the tiny East African nation of Eritrea has a population of just 6 million, Eritrea is one of the leading sources of refugees in Europe. There are many reasons for this, but chief among...
  Wednesday, April 13, 2016
• Pakistan's Schoolbooks Deliver 'Public Shaming' to Christians
  Textbooks in Pakistan’s public schools have become more antagonistic toward Christians and other religious minorities in the past five years, a new report says.
  Tuesday, April 12, 2016
• Islamists Close Indonesian Church Weeks after it Opened
  An Islamist group in Indonesia has, in front of a local police commander, sealed off a brand new church, torn down its sign and demanded that the local mayor cancel its permit.
  Tuesday, April 12, 2016
• Turkey Seizes Six Churches as State Property in Volatile Southeast
  After 10 months of urban conflict in Turkey’s war-torn southeast, the government has expropriated huge sections of property, apparently to rebuild and restore the historical centre of the region’s...
  Wednesday, April 6, 2016
• Kenya: A Year Since 147 Died in Garissa Attack
  April 2 marked one year since a handful of Al-Shabaab militants stormed the University campus in Garissa – in Kenya’s volatile east, near the Somali border – and slaughtered 147 mostly Christian...
  Monday, April 4, 2016
• Village Massacres Strain Nigeria Further, as Traditional Nomads Fight Modernisation
  "Religiously-related violence has led to more deaths in northern Nigeria than have Boko Haram attacks, said commission Chairwoman Katrina Lantos Swett in April 2013, following attacks by Fulani...
  Tuesday, March 29, 2016
• US Lawmakers Accuse IS of Genocide
  The U.S. House of Representatives has joined the growing number of voices in Western capitals accusing the so-called Islamic State of genocide.
  Tuesday, March 15, 2016