Hundreds call on Burkina Faso president to resign after deadly attacks
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital on Tuesday demanding President Roch Kabore resign for failing to rein in militants who roam the north and east and last weekend killed 28 soldiers and four civilians. Sunday’s attack was the worst suffered by troops during a four-year Islamist insurgency […]
As Biden’s agenda navigates US Congress, faith groups lobby Manchin
Washington DC, USRNS Religious leaders are pushing US lawmakers in different directions as they debate major aspects of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, with some framing support for anti-poverty measures as a matter of faith and others expressing concern the Federal Government will do away with some religious exemptions. But regardless of their cause, faith […]
The Interview: Dallas Jenkins, creator of ‘The Chosen’, on a new Christmas special
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, speaks with director and creator Dallas Jenkins about the bonus episode of The Chosen that will arrive in US theatres next month in the lead-up to Christmas…
Afghan evacuees enjoy Albania but have eyes set on Canada
Golem, AlbaniaAP One Afghan teacher calls Albania a “paradise” while a former Afghan government official cannot get enough of “the freedom” that exists in the tiny Western Balkan country where they were evacuated to after the Taliban took over their homeland. Others are more pensive. An Afghan woman who mentored orphan girls deplores the end […]
Essay: How Peru became the country with the highest COVID death rate in the world
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAMILA GIANELLA MALCA, JASMINE GIDEON and MARÍA JOSÉ ROMERO look at how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted Peru….