Parents seek global petitions to Nigerian President to “#BringBackOurLeah”
World Watch Monitor The parents of the Nigerian girl, Leah Sharibu, held by Boko Haram, say they have renewed hope that she might safely return home after a short audio recording her kidnappers released last week. In the 35 seconds-long recording, the Christian teenager asks for help for her family and herself, calling on Nigeria’s president […]
SNAPSHOT: KORYAKSKIY VOLCANO, RUSSIA
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Almost 100 per cent of all cluster munition-caused casualties in 2017 were civilians, says report
Civilians accounted for 99 per cent of all cluster munition-caused casualties in 2017, according to the latest Cluster Munition Monitor report. Released last week, the Cluster Monition Coalition report found there were at least 289 new cluster munition-caused casualties recorded in 2017 including 187 in Syria and 54 in Yemen. Cover of the Cluster Munition […]
At least one killed, more than 10 injured, in Nigerian church collapse
A church building in Nigeria collapsed on Sunday, killing at least one of the congregants and injuring more than 10 others, according to reports. Reports say the St Paul Catholic Church in Adagbrasa-Ogolo, in the southern Delta state, collapsed during a time of prayer prior to a Mass. Local reports said the person killed was an […]
THE INTERVIEW: MEREDITH SCOTT, CEO OF OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA
Meredith Scott is the new chief executive officer of international development organisation Opportunity International Australia. She talks with DAVID ADAMS about what’s surprised her about the new job, the organisation’s new “tagline”, and how her faith inspires her to help others…
Film puts spotlight on landless estate workers in southern India
Thomson Reuters Foundation Plantation workers in southern India are the unlikely subjects of a Tamil language film whose director said he wanted to draw attention to their struggles, which remain largely unchanged despite the country’s fast economic growth. Merku Thodarchi Malai (The Western Ghats), shows the daily lives of workers on cardamom estates in the […]
ESSAY: WHAT WAS THE FIRST BIBLE LIKE?
In an article first published on The Conversation, TOMAS BOKEDAL, associate professor in New Testament at NLA University College, Bergen, in Norway, looks at the origins of the Bible as a text…
THIS LIFE: GOD’S AT WORK IN THE WHITE SPACES
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the importance of looking at the big picture…
Malaysia’s crackdown on illegal migrants puts trafficking victims in danger, say critics
Thomson Reuters Foundation Malaysia is set to launch a major crackdown on undocumented migrant workers after the end of a scheme on Friday that allowed them to turn themselves in, but critics say human trafficking victims could be wrongly targeted instead. The South-East Asian nation relies heavily on foreign domestic helpers as well as labourers […]