In Kabul clinic, Taliban and the soldiers they fought confront wounds of war
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Former Taliban fighter Mohammad Ishaq, who spent years battling Western troops and local forces in Afghanistan, lost his leg in combat and is now learning to walk with a new limb. Standing near him at a Kabul clinic is one of the soldiers he defeated. In the Red Cross Hospital in Kabul, Ishaq […]
A year after Lagos bloodshed, Nigerians say police reform promises prove hollow
Lagos, NigeriaReuters One year ago, Adebanjo Akinwunmi gleefully waved a Nigerian flag at the Lekki Toll Gate, a stretch of tarmac in front of toll booths on a highway on the outskirts of Lagos. Joined by thousands of his countrymen, he demanded an end to what demonstrators said was endemic police brutality. But the ebullient […]
US lawmakers join faith leaders to voice support for ‘Build Back Better’ package
Washington DC, USRNS US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Democratic lawmakers joined a group of mostly liberal-leaning religious leaders on Wednesday to voice faith-rooted support for federal legislation central to President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Pelosi, a Catholic who recently met with Pope Francis, invoked her faith while drawing attention to specific […]
Biden under pressure as US-Mexico border arrests reach record highs
Reuters US authorities arrested 1.7 million migrants at the US-Mexico border this fiscal year, the most ever recorded, according to a US Government source familiar with the numbers, underscoring the stark political and humanitarian challenges the Biden administration faces on immigration. The current numbers for the 2021 fiscal year, which began last October, topped a […]
Building a new community: South Sudanese refugees are making a home, and a church, in Central New York
JESSICA MUNDIE, writing for Religion News Service, meets a congregation of South Sudanese refugees in the heart of New York City…
1.2 million Australian children went hungry in the last year – Foodbank report
Sydney, Australia Food security continues to be a problem for Australians, with 1.2 million children going hungry and one in six adults not getting enough food to eat in the past 12 months, the annual Foodbank Hunger Report has found. But in a surprising finding, the report, released this week, found food insecurity affects more […]
Essay: A century after partition, Ireland’s churches are cooperating more closely than ever
In an article first published on The Conversaton, Irish-born academic GER FITZGERALD looks at the “deepening” cooperation between Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant churches…