From Cape Town to Kabul: taps run dry in crisis cities
Thomson Reuters Foundation PICTURE: Luis Tosta/Unsplash Drought-stricken Cape Town could run out of water as soon as April, but South Africa is not alone in its struggle as ever more world cities battle acute water shortages. Water scarcity already affects more than 40 per cent of the world’s population and is expected to rise due […]
Malaysian church attacks highlight growth of Islamic extremism
World Watch Monitor Located within easy reach of three active centres of Islamic extremism – Mindanao in the Philippines, Arakan in Myanmar and the southern provinces of Thailand – Malaysia has become a breeding ground for IS recruitment, weapon smuggling and communication, according to the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. In its […]
APPS: A PODCAST FOR EVERYONE
DAVID ADAMS on US-based Christian podcast resource, FaithPlay…
Museum of the Bible releases 10 day Bible reading plan for Winter Olympics
The Washington DC-based Museum of the Bible has released a 10 day Bible reading plan to coincide with the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Winter Olympics and the Bible, which is available on the YouVersion Bible App and at Bible.com, looks at how the Bible has impacted the games and the US and […]
In Kenya, debt-ridden Christian universities struggle to stay open
RNS Men stand outside the main entrance of the Presbyterian University of Eastern Africa in Githunguri, Kenya. Kenya’s minister for education ordered the university closed at the recommendation of the regulatory body, the Commission for University Education. PICTURE: Fredrick Nzwili/RNS Facing overwhelming debt, one Christian university in Kenya has been ordered to shut its doors […]
STRANGESIGHTS: OF ‘ME TIME’, ‘MANSPLAINING’ AND ‘SNOWFLAKES’; MAIL NOT DELIVERED; AND, AN ELEPHANT’S BORDER CROSSING…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
US: TO KEEP CHURCHES SAFE, GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED
In the wake of November’s mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in the Texan community of Sutherland Springs, G JEFFREY MACDONALD reports from the US on how government agencies have been working with churches to improve security…
Football and singing could give girl soldiers a second chance in Congo, says charity
Thomson Reuters Foundation Playing football, singing in the church choir or talking to a trusted confidant could do more to help girl soldiers recover from traumatic experiences in Democratic Republic of Congo than traditional humanitarian projects, a charity said. Girls fleeing armed groups in DRC face stigma and rejection from friends and family when they […]