Unidentified attackers seize control of hotel in Somali capital
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Unidentified armed attackers have taken control of a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire, police and intelligence officers said on Friday. “Two car bombs targeted Hotel Hayat. One hit a barrier near the hotel and then the other hit the gate of the hotel. We believe […]
Traumatic legacy: In Peru’s Andes, Shining Path leader’s death stirs buried memories of terror
MARCELO ROCHABRUN, of Reuters, reports how memories of a traumatic time in the history of Peru have been stirred by the death last week of Abimael Guzman, the professor who founded the Shining Path, while he was serving a life sentence…
Three Kenyan Christians killed by al-Shabaab militants
World Watch Monitor Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by al-Shabaab militants on the night of Friday, 18th August, after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At around 9pm, Changawa Muthemba, who was […]
Another Easter attack on Christians prevented in Pakistan, say authorities
World Watch Monitor Pakistan’s security forces say they prevented a “major” terror attack on Christians in Lahore over the Easter weekend. The city of Lahore, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, was the scene of a deadly suicide bomb attack on Easter Day last year, when 75 people were killed and 340 injured. A splinter group of the […]
World Council of Churches’ head condemns St Petersburg bombing; death toll rises to 14
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has condemned the deadly bomb attack on a St Petersburg subway in Russia as “cruel and despicable” and called for prayer for the victims and their loved ones. The death toll has now risen to at least 14 people. Almost 50 were injured in the attack […]
Archbishop of Canterbury contrasts ‘perverted, nihilistic, despairing’ worldview of Westminster terrorist with that of people who tried to help him
The Archbishop of Canterbury has contrasted the “perverted, nihilistic, despairing” view of the man who killed four people in central London on Wednesday afternoon with that of the “very people he sought to kill” attempting to help him moments later in comments made to the UK’s House of Lords on Thursday. Two people were killed […]
ESSAY: TERROR FAILS IN FACE OF HOPE AND RESPECT
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, says terrorism – like that seen in London on Wednesday – will not bring about the changes its advocates seek…
AFRICA: BOKO HARAM CAUSING ‘UNTOLD MISERY’ IN NORTHERN CAMEROON
Boko Haram are spreading terror – and targeting Christians – in a number of African countries around Nigeria, including Cameroon. The World Watch Monitor tells the story of one family who have had to flee their home…