Nigerian Christian schoolgirl ‘escaped’, only to be sent back to Boko Haram
World Watch Monitor The only Christian among the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last month by Boko Haram ran away from her kidnappers but was caught and brought back three days later, according to fellow captives, reports the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Leah Sherubu, 15, and two other girls walked for three days and, hungry and exhausted, asked for help from […]
STRANGESIGHTS: APRIL FOOL’S DAY ROUND-UP; OF ISLANDS AND MAPS; AND, MARRIED IN A…SUPERMARKET?
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Oxfam welcomes international aid pledges for Yemen but says it needs to be backed up by efforts to end the war
Oxfam has welcomed pledges of $US2 billion in humanitarian aid to help address the crisis in war-torn Yemen, but has said the aid will need to be backed up by international efforts to end the three year war. The pledges were made by 40 donor nations and organisations in Geneva this week and account for […]
Re-elected Egyptian President urged to protect Christians
UK-based persecuted church advocacy Release International is calling on re-elected Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el–Sisi, to make a “clear commitment” to protect Egypt’s persecuted minority and safeguard religious freedom in the country. President Sisi was re-elected last week with a reported 97 per cent of the vote amid concerns of low voter turn-out which reportedly dropped […]
Labour trafficking rises across Europe as laws fall short – watchdog
Thomson Reuters Foundation Labour trafficking is on the rise across Europe and has overtaken sexual exploitation as the predominant form of modern-day slavery in several countries including Britain, Belgium and Portugal, a leading European human rights body said on Tuesday. But a lack of prosecutions and convictions, limited labour laws and inspections, and fear among […]
COMMONWEALTH GAMES: RUNNING THE RACE TO COMPLETION – HOW ONE AUSTRALIAN RUNNER IS LIVING OUT HER FAITH ON – AND OFF – THE TRACK
As the Commonwealth Games get underway on Australia’s Gold Coast, DAVID ADAMS speaks with Australian athlete Eloise Wellings about how the obstacles in her running career have shaped her Christian faith – and led to her to a unique partnership helping communities in northern Uganda…
Four Christians killed, girl wounded in Easter Monday attack in Pakistan
Morning Star News Four Christians, including a woman, were killed and a young girl wounded in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Monday, sources said. Rickshaw driver Pervaiz Masih was transporting his brothers-in-law Imran Masih and Tariq Masih, along with their sister-in-law Firdous, in Quetta, capital of the restive province, when two unidentified terrorists opened […]
ESSAY: WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, BROKE HIS SILENCE ON VIETNAM
As the world marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, Rev AMY BUTLER, senior minister of The Riverside Church, where Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, gave his “Beyond Vietnam” speech on 4th April, 1967 – a year before his death, reflects on Rev King’s legacy…
SIGHT-SEEING: KING CONVINCED ME TO GIVE MY WHOLE LIFE TO THE CHURCH AND HIS DREAM
As the world prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, The Very Rev MALCOLM CLEMENS YOUNG, dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, writes of the impact Martin Luther King, Jr, had on him personally…
“Finally my father is home” – Slimane Bouhafs released after 18 months in Algerian jail
World Watch Monitor The daughter of Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian who has spent the last 18 months in prison for insulting Islam and its prophet, has announced her father’s release. “Finally my father…has been allowed back to us,” his daughter, Tilelli, wrote on her Facebook page on Easter Saturday. “Thank you for your support.” […]