20/20 vision
As a leader I used to smile inwardly at the whimsical nature of casting a 2020 vision. The double meaning was as clever as one of my good “dad jokes”. PICTURE: Daniil Kuzelev/Unsplash None us of could have imagined what 2020 was going to be like, and most of our 2020 plans probably lay broken […]
Increasing production: Climate-smart farming for western Nepal villages eases migration pressure
AADESH SUBEDI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how an initiative to improve crop outcomes in Nepal is helping farmers move from subsistence to commercial farming and potentially reduce the need for migration for work…
Vatican drops Italian extradition bid in test of fair trial
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican on Monday abruptly abandoned its extradition request for an Italian woman wanted on embezzlement-related charges in a case that could have tested whether Italy considers the Vatican a place where someone can get a fair trial. At the hearing in a Milan court, the Vatican said it no longer was seeking […]
Essay: Praying for breakthrough in Nigeria in 2021
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, calls for Christians to join in prayer for the strife-torn nation of Nigeria where Christians are the target of escalating levels of violence which some are saying increasingly looks like genocide…