Humanitarian situation in Somalia worsening, says FAO
As many as 855,000 people are facing “acute food insecurity” in Somalia following poor harvests, rainfall shortages and civil strife which has disrupted trade and caused population displacement. The Food Security and Nutrition Assessment for Somalia, released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday, shows the number of people who face a […]
Somali Christians fleeing Islamic extremists lose family, fingers
Morning Star News Desperate to avoid arrest in Somaliland for leaving Islam, one Christian fled to Ethiopia, while another in Somalia escaped kidnappers after losing fingers for his faith. Sharif (full name withheld for security reasons) said he had to leave his wife and four children behind in order to sneak out of Somaliland, […]
BOOKS: INSIGHTS TO THE “SOMETIMES FRUITFUL AND OFTEN CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE OF URBAN MISSION”
DARREN CRONSHAW finds mission inspiration in Juliet Kilpin’s Urban to the Core…
CAR: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM A “REALITY” IN RECOVERING WAR-TORN NATION
ILLIA DJADI, of the World Watch Monitor, speaks with three of the Central African Republic’s most prominent voices for peace…
POSTCARD: GIVING HOPE IN GUATEMALA CITY; CLINIC IS LAST HOPE FOR SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN
In an article first published by ASSIST News Service, KENNETH D MacHARG writes about the amazing work of the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatamala City…