World Watch Monitor

Kenya: Salvation Army church in Mombasa razed after cleric's murder

Murder causes riots in days after siege of Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi

African migrants risk lives to flee war and persecution

Freedom to choose faith one factor driving them into smugglers' boats

Promised legal reforms disappoint Turkey's religious minorities

Latest reforms positive but inadequate, say minority groups

Churchmen attacked in Central African Republic

Two Catholic clerics in the Central African Republic were bound and robbed by armed men on Friday, Sept. 27. Italian missionary Fr Beniamino Gusmeroli, and Fr Martial Mengue, a Central African deacon, were attacked by men believed to be Sudanese.

Missing Italian priest 'still alive'

An Italian Jesuit priest who went missing in Syria several months ago is still alive, according to an Assyrian priest speaking at the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Bangladeshi Christians told to close church, convert to Islam

Eight converts forced to recant faith under duress from local council chairman

Nigeria: Bishop says Islamist insurgency 'has no limits' to its targets

The militant Islamist sect Boko Haram is suspected of killing at least 110 people of various faiths across Nigeria during the past week, prompting the country's top Catholic bishop to declare the rebel movement "has no limits".

Egypt: A country in confusion

Egypt's precarious fight for the future

Turkish military linked to Christian murders

New evidence provides glimpse into Turkey's 'Deep State'

Sudanese bishop's plea to world: Don't forget us

A Sudanese bishop has written to US President Barack Obama, calling for prompt actions to save the lives of those still alive in the country's Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile and Darfur regions.

Colombian Christian leader accused of FARC affiliation

As peace talks continue between the Colombian government and Latin America's oldest left-wing guerrilla insurgency, FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), a case involving a prominent Christian leader highlights the difficulties faced by those who seek to mediate between the opposing sides.