• Houses of Worship Burned, Over 300 Killed in Nigeria

  More than 300 people have died in Muslim-Christian clashes in the worst sectarian violence in Nigeria since 2004, when some 700 people were killed.

• Church Groups Respond as Congo Conflict Deepens

  Church-related aid agencies are assisting civilians displaced by the eastern Congo conflict as the U.N. special envoy made another effort on Friday to arrange peace talks between Congo’s government and Tutsi rebels.

• China, N. Korea Reject U.N. Rights Abuse Charge

  Communist neighbors the People’s Republic of China and North Korea vehemently denied that their governments engage in systematic torture of political and criminal detainees as claimed by the United Nations.

• Group Opposes Claim Against 'Unnecessary' Bible Smuggling in China

  A U.S.-based rights group countered a claim by the Bible Society in China this past week that the smuggling of Bibles into the country is now unnecessary given the mass printing of scriptures by the government-approved printing press.

• Rights Group Urges Ban Ki-moon to Visit Burma

  Christian human rights group is urging U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to maintain his plan to visit Burma next month in light of the junta’s recent arbitrary imprisonment of dozens of pro-democracy activists.