UNICEF to commit $US270 million to support poverty alleviation in Nigeria
Reuters The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, plans to commit $US270 million to Nigeria’s humanitarian and poverty alleviation efforts and pledged to help set up an emergency operation centre, its executives said on Tuesday. The government of President Bola Tinubu wants to lift 133 million citizens out of poverty, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty […]
Sudanese factions fight over army base in Khartoum
Cairo, EgyptReuters Sudanese military factions battled for a third day over an army base in the capital, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday, as both sides struggle for advantage in a more than four-month war that has devastated the country. After the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces circulated video of its soldiers claiming to have entered the base […]
Ethiopia aims to end “illegal administration” in disputed territory
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Ethiopia plans to organise a referendum to determine the status of territory disputed by the country’s Tigray and Amhara regions, the defence minister said on Tuesday. The government also vowed to dissolve what it called an “illegal administration” in the area run by the Amharas, potentially risking a further backlash from former […]
US politics: Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the Republican Party’s white evangelical base away from Trump?
TIFFANY STANLEY, of Associated Press, reports that both candidates of colour must appeal to their party’s white evangelical base to have a prayer against former President Donald Trump….
“The fear is not going away”: Christians in Pakistan afraid to return home
Jaranwala, PakistanReuters Eighteen-year-old Kanwal had just returned from hospital with her newborn baby, Samuel, when a vigilante mob launched a violent attack on their home in a Christian area of eastern Pakistan. Terrified, she swept up the baby and fled barefoot with the rest of her family, narrowly escaping the mob that torched their house […]
Essay: Attacks against Palestinian Christians deepens determination to stay on the land
DAOUD KUTTAB, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says Palestinian Christians are doing their utmost to encourage their cohort to stay put on their lands…
In the US, more than 100 chaplains urge Texans not to hire school chaplains
United StatesRNS More than 100 chaplains signed a letter urging local Texas school boards to vote against putting chaplains in public schools, calling efforts to enlist religious counselors in public classrooms “harmful” to students and families. The letter comes just days before a bill allowing public schools to hire school chaplains becomes law in Texas, the first […]
This Life: In search of wisdom
SAMANTHA ELLEY reflects on what wisdom’s really all about…
African Union suspends Niger over coup, prepares sanctions
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters The African Union has suspended Niger from all its activities following last month’s military coup there and told its members to avoid any action that might legitimise the junta. The coup has caused alarm among Western allies and democratic African states who fear it could allow Islamist groups active in the Sahel […]
Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all on board, mostly children, rescued
Peshawar/Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours. “It was a unique operation that required lots of skill,” the military said in a statement. A view shows cable car […]