Bangladesh silent on Canadian offer to take Rohingya refugees – officials
Thomson Reuters Foundation Bangladesh did not accept an offer by Canada to take in Rohingya refugees, including women who were raped, Canadian officials said, as the South Asian country pushes ahead with controversial plans to repatriate the displaced to neighbouring Myanmar. Several requests for comment were made to government officials in Bangladesh. A foreign affairs […]
Melbourne’s Catholic archbishop calls for prayer following attack in CBD
The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Comensoli, has called for prayer following an incident in the city’s centre on Friday afternoon in which one man was stabbed to death and two others injured after a car was set alight. The attack took place after a man identified as 30-year-old Hassan Khalif Shire Ali crashed a vehicle […]
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First food aid to reach Cameroon’s Anglophones after months
Thomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of people who fled Cameroon’s separatist conflict will receive food aid next week after months of hiding in the forest with nothing to eat, the United Nations said. About 437,000 people have fled their homes in Cameroon’s western English-speaking regions since late last year, when insurgents started fighting to […]
“I have witnessed the power of prayer” – priest held captive for 18 months in Yemen
World Watch Monitor The Indian priest who was held hostage for 18 months in Yemen says his experiences taught him about “the power of prayer”. Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted in March, 2016, and freed in September, 2017, told Catholic news agency ACI Prensa his ability to persevere during his captivity was “thanks to the prayers of everyone who […]