World Watch Monitor - Reporting the story of Christians around the world under pressure for their faith.

bombing, Catholics, Children, Colombo, Minorities, Negombo, Sri Lanka

176 children lost one or both parents in Sri Lanka Easter bombings

At least 176 children lost either one or both of their parents in the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings, according to the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal . . . Read More

Afghanistan, Education, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Kabul, Taliban, USA

Afghanistan: Radical Islamist groups recruit at universities

While the Afghan government is engaged in peace talks with the hard-line Taliban movement, radical Islamist groups are spreading their ideology at universities. Basira Akhtar, a . . . Read More

Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

Nigeria: Violence continues but government in denial, church leaders say

A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State last week. The attackers targeted . . . Read More

Genocide, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Minorities, Nineveh Plains, UK, UN, USA, Yazidis

‘It’s time to be real: what happens in Iraq is ethnic cleansing’ – UK analyst

What Iraq’s Christians want from the West is to say the plain truth: that there is ethnic cleansing of Christians in the region and it is . . . Read More

Churches, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Oromia

Ethiopia: Pressure on churches building; evangelical church told to vacate after ten years

An evangelical church in central Ethiopia has been ordered to vacate its building, 10 years after it started meeting there, and churches elsewhere in the region . . . Read More

Bartella, Bashar Warda, Human rights, Iraq, Islamic State, Minorities, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, Ramadan, Shabak

Iraq: Five years after IS occupied Mosul, returnees live in fear

The Islamic State’s three-year occupation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surrounding villages ended nearly two years ago, yet the city and its . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

Egypt: Series of fires in their churches ‘not a coincidence’, say Copts

Turkey serves deportation order after German’s 20 years of tourism work

EU Envoy’s threat of trade sanctions played crucial role in Asia Bibi’s freedom

Lack of a lunch for all – life in an IDP camp on Myanmar border

At least 150 Christians arrested in Eritrea clampdown

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