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January 2012
PAKISTAN: Inter-faith champion is Karachi's new Archbishop
30 January 2012
The UK head of Aid to the Church in Need welcomed the promotion of Bishop Joseph Coutts who is recognised as a leading voice for better inter-faith relations in Pakistan.
UNITED KINGDOM: Remembering Pakistan's Christian Peacemaker
27 January 2012
A peace concert and rally in London will mark the first anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan politician Shahbaz Bhatti, who was killed for speaking out against the country's blasphemy laws.
NIGERIA: Fears of an exodus from the north as 35,000 flee extremists
25 January 2012
Church sources in Nigeria have said that up to 35,000 people fled their homes in the north following attacks by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram earlier this month.
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Bishop warns fundamentalism is on the rise
19 January 2012
The rise of radical Islam in Bosnia-Herzegovina is going unchallenged by the authorities, the country's leading bishop has warned.
SUDAN: Two priests kidnapped
17 January 2012
Fears are growing for the safety of two priests from Sudan who were seized on Sunday by men who smashed through the gates of their parish compound and broke down the presbytery door.
PAKISTAN: Destruction and demolition of Church site in Lahore
12 January 2012
Pakistan's Punjab government was accused of "brutal injustice" for sending bulldozers into a Church-owned site where it demolished homes for the poor, elderly and homeless, a school for poor girls and a church.
NIGERIA: Leaders must act to stop violence
9 January 2012
Aid to the Church in Need's UK director Neville Kyrke-Smith has urged Nigeria's Muslim and Christian religious leaders to work together for peace following further violence in the north.
NIGERIA: Archbishop slams media reports of religious civil war following attacks on churches
4 January 2012
Archbishop John Olurunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja has condemned the media for portraying recent violence in the country as a civil war between Muslims and Christians.