Essay: Stop gloating over COVID-19 deniers falling ill. Focus on the miracles of kindness
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev AMY LAURA HALL, who teaches ethics at Duke University in the US, reflects on the need for more kindness and grace amid every hotter responses to the coronavirus pandemic…
Death toll from Burkina Faso attack rises to 80
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters The death toll from an attack on civilians and the military in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 80 people, the government said in a statement on Thursday. The attack occurred on Wednesday when Islamist militants raided a civilian convoy that was being escorted by military police near the town of Arbinda, […]
Postcards: Fish and livelihoods poisoned by South African chemical spill
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Durban in South Africa…
Ebola, other outbreaks, atop COVID-19, risk straining West Africa health systems – WHO
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The World Health Organisation warned on Thursday that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is facing new outbreaks of the viral haemorrhagic fevers Marburg and Ebola, risking huge strains on ill-equipped health systems. The new outbreaks show the multitude of challenges governments are fighting in parallel with the COVID-19 pandemic, Matshidiso […]