Postcards: Taxis for ladies put the brakes on crime in South African city
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Johannesburg on a new initiative to help improve the safety of women…
Court in Central African Republic upholds election results
Bangui, Central African RepublicAP Central African Republic’s constitutional court on Monday upheld President Faustin Archange Touadera’s re-election, raising the specter of more violence days after rebels attempted to overtake the capital. Touadera, meanwhile, told reporters that he was open to talks with his opponents as proposed by a rebel spokesman “but not at any price”. […]
Indian police bust baby-trafficking ring in financial capital
Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Police in Mumbai have charged nine alleged members of a baby-trafficking ring – among them a nurse at a maternity hospital and agents who operated in the impoverished slums of India’s financial capital, officials said on Monday. In the second such case in the city in five years, the nine […]
Pope says MLK’s message of non-violent protest timely now
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis is honoring civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, on the commemoration of his birthday, saying his message of equality through peaceful means remains more timely than ever. Francis sent a message of prayer Monday to King’s daughter, Rev Bernice King, with whom the pontiff met in 2018. He called […]
Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of “catastrophic moral failure” – WHO chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The world is on the brink of “catastrophic moral failure” in sharing COVID-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, urging countries and manufacturers to spread doses more fairly around the world. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the prospects for equitable distribution were at “serious risk” just as […]
Returning locusts in East Africa threaten food security, church leaders warn
In 2020, huge swarms of Biblical proportions struck the region, destroying food crops and animal pastures, and pushed hunger and economic hardship to new levels. And as though that is not enough, the United Nations warned in January, 2021, that a new invasion has started spreading in East Africa. “We are concerned about their impact […]
In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity
Washington DC, USAP President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies, his incoming chief of staff said Sunday. Biden intends a series of executive actions in his first […]
US retailers told to target forced labour in China after cotton import crackdown
Thomson Reuters Foundation A crackdown by the United States on cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang region is a “big red flag” that should spur retailers to ensure their supply chains are free of forced labor involving Uighur Muslims, according to a senior US customs official. US Customs and Border Protection said last week it would […]
Lone Ethiopian child refugees seen at risk of exploitation in Sudan
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of children are still waiting to be reunited with their families after crossing into Sudan alone to flee conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid agencies said, warning that they could be at risk of abuse, trafficking and child labour. More than 58,000 Ethiopian refugees have crossed into Sudan – […]
The Interview: Author Anna Malaika Tubbs talks about her new book on the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Servicem speaks with author Anna Malaika Tubbs about ‘The Three Mothers’…