Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Apr 29, 2020

  Cameroon admits soldiers, 'vigilantes' killed 10 kids, 3 women in massacre

  Authorities in Cameroon admitted last week that soldiers were involved in the killing of three women and 10 children in a mid-February attack in the civil war-stricken Northwest province in which 21 people were reportedly killed and several homes were pillaged.

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  Apr 28, 2020

  AG Barr threatens legal action against states COVID-19 orders that infringe on civil rights

  U.S. Attorney General William Barr has threatened to take legal action against state officials who violate people's civil rights by taking draconian measures to enforce stay-at-home orders. 

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  Apr 28, 2020

  USCIRF urges State Dept. to name India on top religious freedom violators list

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has, for the first time since 2004, recommended that the State Department add India to its list of countries that engage in or tolerate egregious violations of religious freedom as persecution against Christians and Muslims escalates.

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  Apr 28, 2020

  DeVos expands experimental college prison program backed by evangelical ministry

  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has doubled the size of an experimental program praised by the nation’s largest evangelical prison ministry designed to make it easier for inmates to access college courses and degree programs to help prepare them for life after their release. 

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  Apr 27, 2020

  UNESCO, UAE begin reconstruction of historic Iraqi church destroyed by ISIS

  Work has begun to rebuild a Christian church in Iraq destroyed by the Islamic State as part of a partnership between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Muslim-majority United Arab Emirates.

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  Apr 27, 2020

  Texas father battles deceased ex-wife's fiancé for custody of 5-year-old daughter

  A Texas father had his case heard before the state Supreme Court through video conferencing Wednesday as he seeks to keep full custody of his 5-year-old daughter after a lower court awarded joint custody to the fiancé of the child’s deceased mother.

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  Apr 25, 2020

  Christian Aid furloughs 20% of UK staff to continue int'l work during COVID-19 outbreak

  The U.K.-based humanitarian organization Christian Aid will furlough about one-fifth of its U.K. staff and temporarily cut wages of still-employed staff to help ensure its “core international work” can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Apr 24, 2020

  Most Protestant pastors believe global warming is 'real and man-made,' LifeWay finds

  A majority of Protestant pastors somewhat agree that global warming is real and caused by humans, according to polling data released by LifeWay Research this week showing a divide in the beliefs of evangelical and mainline leaders. 

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  Apr 24, 2020

  New Spring Church turns campuses into blood donation centers during COVID-19 pandemic

  The South Carolina megachurch NewSpring Church is hosting blood drives at its campuses across the state through a partnership with a local nonprofit that has issued an urgent call for blood donations amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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  Apr 24, 2020

  4 killed, 36 houses destroyed as Fulani radicals raid another village in Nigeria

  Four residents were reportedly killed and two others injured when suspected Fulani herdsmen raided a farming village in the Kaduna State of Nigeria Sunday evening.