LIFESTORY: “I FOUND A COUNTRY BUT LOST MY BROTHER” – STATELESS ACTIVIST MAHA MAMO
Maha Mamo, once a stateless person, speaks with EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, about her struggle for recognition…
Six girls, two staff members kidnapped from Christian-run highschool in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News A day before the Kaduna governor said kidnappers terrorising the state are working with Boko Haram, six teenage girls and two staff members were kidnapped from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, sources said. Suspected to be herdsmen who have carried out numerous kidnappings and attacks in southern Kaduna state, armed […]
Pope urges respect for Indigenous Amazon peoples at start of three-week gathering
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Monday told an assembly of bishops discussing the Amazon region of South America that modern society should not try to impose its rules on Indigenous people but respect their culture and let them chart their own future. Francis, who is from Argentina, was addressing the opening of the first working […]
Thousands rally in Kiev to protest autonomy plan for eastern Ukraine
Kiev, UkraineReuters Thousands of people gathered in Kiev’s main square on Sunday to protest against President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s deal with Moscow to grant autonomy to Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel-held east as part of efforts to end a five-year conflict there. In the first breakthrough towards a possible peace deal in years, envoys from Moscow and Kiev […]
At Caring Well conference, SBC leaders hear criticism of abuse response
Dallas, USRNS Southern Baptist leaders wrestled with questions of procedure and accountability during a gathering on sexual abuse this week, grappling with how best to address an issue some say the denomination took far too long to address. After a first day focused on stories of abuse survivors, the Caring Well conference, organised by the Southern […]
Flyers will pay more for carbon offsets but not tax, study finds
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Travellers are willing to pay more for flights if they believe the extra money will be used to tackle carbon emissions, researchers said on Friday. Passengers were more likely to book flights that carried an extra fee if it was labelled as carbon offset than if it was called a carbon tax, […]
REFUGEES: “ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY” – A FAMILY IN LIMBO AS US SLOWS ADMISSIONS
MICA ROSENBERG and ELIAS BIRYABAREMA, of Reuters, report…
Pope names 13 new cardinals, cements majority vote and the power to reshape the Church
Vatican CityRNS During a ceremony welcoming new cardinals into the Catholic Church, Pope Francis spoke of the danger that occurs “when a man of the church becomes an official”, calling them to more “compassion” in a time when the Vatican faces financial scandals and internal divisions. “So many disloyal actions on the part of ecclesiastics […]
ESSAY: THE SOLUTION TO HIDDEN HUNGER IN MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIES JUST OFFSHORE
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTINA HICKS, of Lancaster University, ANDREW THORNE-LYMAN, of Johns Hopkins University, and PHILIPPA COHEN, of James Cook University, look at how fish could be used to tackle the world’s “hidden hunger”…