“An epidemic” of coups, UN chief laments, urging Security Council to act
United NationsReuters UN chief Antonio Guterres assailed what he called “an epidemic of coup d’états” on Tuesday and urged the Security Council to act to effectively deter them as the 15-member body prepared to discuss the military takeover in Sudan. “The Sudanese people has shown very clearly their intense desire for reform and democracy,” the […]
This Life: No limits to “living with the Spirit” – no matter your circumstances
SAMANTHA ELLEY reflects on what it means to live for Jesus – despite the challenging times we may find ourselves in…
Group defends work in Haiti of 17 abducted missionaries
Port-au-Prince, HaitiAP A religious organisation whose 17 missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti almost a week ago defended its work in dangerous places on Tuesday. The statement from Christian Aid Ministries comes as US and Haitian authorities keep working to secure the release of the 12 adults and five children, including an eight-month-old, who were kidnapped […]
Eastern Orthodox Patriarch meets with Biden, discusses climate change
Washington DC, USRNS The spiritual head of Eastern Orthodox Christians called on religious and political leaders to fight climate change during a visit to the nation’s capital on Monday, discussing environmental concerns and other issues of religious freedom in meetings with President Joe Biden and various dignitaries. Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was briefly hospitalised after his arrival […]
UN warns world set for 2.7 degrees Celsius rise on today’s emissions pledges
London, UKReuters Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, in another stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Governments will be in the spotlight at the COP26 conference next week to meet a […]
African Union to buy up to 110 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines – officials
Washington DC, USReuters The African Union intends to buy up to 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc in an arrangement brokered in part by the White House, which will defer delivery of some doses intended for the United States to facilitate the deal, officials told Reuters. The AU’s doses will be delivered […]
UN appeals for fresh injection of funds for famine-threatened Yemen
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Funds needed to feed millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen could run out in a matter of weeks, a senior United Nations official warned, calling on donors to inject more cash to avert a large-scale famine. World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley told Reuters the first half of 2022 would […]
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
Athens, GreeceReuters When the Taliban seized Afghanistan, lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi heard the militants were going door to door, hunting for people who worked for the state, so she burned every document in her home and went into hiding. Then she fled the country. Like dozens more women working in the legal sphere, Hafizi, who […]
Thousands of Nicaraguans go to Honduras border for vaccines
Tegucigalpa, HondurasReuters Nearly 8,000 Nicaraguans received COVID-19 vaccines at two customs border crossings with neighbouring Honduras in recent days, Honduran health authorities said on Monday, as supplies of the inoculations in Nicaragua have run low. Promoting the vaccines for Nicaraguans, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez wrote in a post on Twitter that “the solidarity and […]
UN experts condemn US expulsions of Haitian migrants
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters UN human rights experts on Monday condemned Washington’s expulsions of Haitian migrants and refugees, saying they formed part of a policy of “racialised exclusion” of Black Haitians at US ports of entry. Under its so-called Title 42 policy passed last year by the administration of former President Donald Trump on sanitary grounds, the […]