After Nice attacks, Pope Francis and French Catholics call for peace with Muslims
Vatican CityRNS After a man killed three people on Thursday at the Catholic cathedral in Nice, France, Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the French Catholic community, offering prayers for the victims as well as wishes that “the beloved French people may respond united for good against evil”. The attack, one of three on Thursday […]
Dalit women: Rapes reveal double struggle of low-caste females in India
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Dalit women face “double discrimination” because of their caste and their gender…
Fear, rumours lead to hundreds of attacks on COVID-19 responders
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Healthcare workers fighting coronavirus in dozens of countries are facing violence from fearful communities who have attacked doctors and burned down clinics, aid agencies said on Tuesday. In Colombia, ambulances were blocked from entering a town to screen for COVID-19 cases, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, which […]
Britain urged to act over rising global attacks on aid workers
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Growing violence against aid and health workers in conflict zones is jeopardising humanitarian operations, British parliamentarians said on Tuesday as they urged the country to lead international efforts to hold aggressors to account. Nearly 300 aid workers and health workers were killed and more than 850 injured last year in almost 1,200 […]
Surge in militant violence halts aid in Chad’s lake region – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation A surge in militant violence has forced several major aid agencies to suspend operations in part of western Chad, leaving tens of thousands of people without food and health services for weeks, the United Nations said on Friday. More than 150,000 people rely on aid to survive across the islands of Lake […]
Mob attacks churches in Indian state of Tamil Nadu – report
Five churches in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were attacked by a mob on Sunday, according to a report in World Watch Monitor. The news organisation said the attacks, in which several women were reportedly stripped, beaten and even sexually assaulted, were allegedly led by members of Hindu Munnani, an organisation formed to […]
97 anti-Christian attacks in Germany last year, most against refugees
World Watch Monitor Germany’s federal police recorded almost 100 attacks on Christians or Christian institutions in Germany in 2017, with most violent incidents occurring among asylum seekers living in refugee centres, reports Deutsche Welle. The figure of 97 anti-Christian hate crimes was leaked by Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) ahead of official statistics being released […]
Updated: Seven killed in “deliberate and cowardly” attack in central London
Updated: 8.30am, 5th June, 2017– with RNS Seven people have been killed and almost 50 injured in another apparently Islamist-inspired terror attack in London – this time when a speeding white van was driven into pedestrians on London Bridge before three men jumped out and stabbed people at Borough Market on Saturday night. Three suspects, […]
Catholic nuns the target of growing Congolese attacks
RNS Sister Angélique Namaika, standing, in black, assists women with the clothes they are making at the Maison de La Femme in the town of Dungu, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, in August, 2013. Sewing is one of several income-generating skills that Sister Angélique teaches women to help them become more financially self-sufficient. PICTURE: […]
NIGERIA: HOPE FOR VICTIMS OF CONFLICT CLAIMING MORE LIVES THAN BOKO HARAM
World Watch Monitor reports on ongoing violence against Christian in Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ where many experts say the death toll is worse than that caused by Boko Haram…