Many Nigerian Christian refugees who fled to Cameroon to try and escape Boko Haram as well as internally displaced Cameroonians are now facing hunger, it was reported in August.
Many refugees fled to Cameroon, which is around 70% Christian, to escape from Boko Haram, only to find that the group expanded its operations and began attacking communities in northern Cameroon. Some displaced Christians have faced further violence from Muslim cattle herders for attempting to grow crops in the bush. Schools and hospitals in the area are also non-functioning.
Canada: ecstatic welcome
World Watch Monitor
The large congregation of Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto welcomed home their Senior Pastor, Hyeon Soo Lim, on 13 August after being held for more than two years of a life sentence in a North Korean labour camp.
Lim said he knew people were praying and that daily the feeling of loneliness and isolation turned to ‘peaceful solitude with God’ as he prayed too. Remarkably, he was allowed to keep the Bible he was sent from home and he memorised 700 verses.
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