Ghana chef serves free stew as more struggle to afford food
Accra, GhanaReuters Storm clouds circled a large zinc shed outside Ghana’s capital Accra where market porters sat on overturned metal bowls, disheartened by the lack of business as the encroaching rain deterred shoppers from nearby stalls. Then a rumbling sound broke the stillness as gourmet chef Elijah Addo pulled up in a food truck and […]
North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against COVID
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic on Thursday, potentially adding to strains on the isolated country’s healthcare system which is battling an unprecedented COVID-19 wave. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent medicines to the western port city of Haeju on Wednesday to help patients suffering from the […]
Food crisis will drive record displacement levels higher: UN refugee chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A food security crisis stoked by the Ukraine war is set to push more people to flee their homes in poorer countries, driving record levels of global displacement even higher, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said. A report by the UN body showed on Thursday that some 89.3 million people […]
Child protection: How pastors in Kenya are helping girls escape FGM and early marriage
TONNY ONYULO reports on how church leaders are working to address issues like female genital mutiliation and child marriage, providing safe spaces and access to education…
Cubans adapt a month after devastating hotel explosion
Havana, CubaAP The worshippers pray beneath a torrid sun, taking shelter beneath umbrellas or some of the few trees that border the Amphitheater of Old Havana, just a strip of highway from the channel into the city’s harbour. Hundreds of Baptists have been meeting on open-air bleachers set atop stone tiers for services on recent […]
Essay: As Nigeria reels from yet another horror, we must increase our prayers for breakthrough
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says amid calls for international community steps up its efforts to assist Nigeria in bringing an end to this horrific violence, Christians must also persist in prayer for the nation…
This Life: God’s promises can lead to lemonade
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at how God can take something bitter and turn it into something sweet…
Biden names Catholic activist Stephen Schneck to religious freedom panel
United StatesRNS Stephen Schneck, a prominent Catholic political activist and academic, has been appointed by US President Joe Biden to serve on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal government panel dedicated to protecting religious minorities and other persecuted groups abroad. Schneck, 69, confirmed his appointment on Wednesday in an email to Religion […]
New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward
Anaheim, California, US AP The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention said on Wednesday he will accelerate sex abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Texas pastor Bart Barber’s first priority: to assemble a panel of people – Southern Baptist leaders and experts – to shepherd this work for the whole convention as mandated […]