Bolivian Christians can still evangelise…for now
World Watch Monitor After much criticism, Bolivian president Evo Morales announced earlier this week that his government would repeal a new law that seemed set to make evangelism a crime. The new penal code, adopted by Bolivia’s parliament in December, placed the “recruitment of persons for their participation in religious organisations or cults” alongside recruitment […]
SNAPSHOT: ‘GREEN’ MONGOLIA
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Rising tide of innovation at Davos to keep plastic out of the sea
Thomson Reuters Foundation Technology that could avoid the equivalent of 100 garbage bags of plastic waste being created per second received a funding boost at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. The five winners of the ‘Circular Materials Challenge‘, which focuses on the 30 per cent of plastic packaging that is too […]
‘Game-changing’ anti-slavery fund aims to save millions of lives
Thomson Reuters Foundation A global fund aiming to raise $US1.5 billion to halve the number of modern slaves in the world’s hardest-hit countries could be a “game-changer”, leaders said at the World Economic Forum. The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, a US-based partnership that unites governments, businesses and charities, hopes to replicate the success of […]
AFRICA: NIGER’S CHURCHES REBUILT BUT THE WEST AFRICAN NATION “NO LONGER TOLERANT”
ILLIA DJADI reports for World Watch Monitor on how, in the aftermath of attacks three years ago, Niger’s churches have been rebuilt as “joy and celebration” has replaced “sorrow and anger” among the nation’s small Christian population…
Syria church leader condemns Turkey’s ‘unjustified aggression’
World Watch Monitor A senior church leader in Syria has condemned Turkey’s new military offensive as “unjustified aggression” and urged the international community to exert “maximum pressure” to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. Rev Abdalla Homsi, of the Evangelical Christian Alliance Church of Aleppo, issued a statement as an estimated 5,000 people were reported to have fled […]