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Thursday, 09 January 2014 00:00
Iran: Farsi language banned from Church
Farsi is the language spoken by most Iranians. Iran's churches are under pressure from the government to stop holding services in the Farsi language. According to Mohabat News, St. Peter Church in Tehran was forced by…
Thursday, 09 January 2014 00:00
Iraq/Syria: ISIS threat to media and personal freedom
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Jihadi group ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIS) who are attacking news media and journalists in both Iraq and what they call ‘liberated areas’ of Syria. This Jihadi…
Thursday, 09 January 2014 00:00
Nigeria: Commerce and rural update
Nigeria was labelled a potential emerging economic giant by BBC Radio 4’s Today program’ when Evan Davis and Newsday's Nkem Ifejika interviewed entrepreneurs. However ‘the country still faced fundamental issues with an infrastructure that remains a…
Thursday, 09 January 2014 00:00
South Sudan: Atrocities by both sides
South Sudan was founded on Christians praying for freedom from Muslim-governed North Sudan. Like the children of Israel many have forgotten the Lord since independence. The Dinka tribes are mainly Christian. Many roam the bush without…
Friday, 06 December 2013 12:29
Cameroon: Nigeria’s Boko Haram strikes again in Cameroon
In November Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan called for Cameroon’s support in combating Boko Haram. The two countries share a 1600 km border, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the South to Lake Chad in the North.…
Friday, 06 December 2013 12:27
Nigeria: Dozens killed in fresh attacks
About 40 people were killed in coordinated attacks on four Christian-dominated villages in the central Nigerian State of Plateau. Local sources contacted by World Watch Monitor report that the assailants, believed to be members of the…