France marks sixth anniversary of terror attacks in Paris
Paris, FranceReuters France has marked the sixth anniversary of the night in Paris when Islamic State militants killed 130 people in coordinated strikes against a concert theatre, bars, restaurants and a soccer stadium. French Prime Minister Jean Castex and French former Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve take part in a ceremony at “Le Bataclan” concert hall […]
France’s Macron calls 1961 massacre of Algerians an “unforgivable crime”
Paris, FranceReuters Emmanuel Macron on Saturday denounced as an “unforgivable crime” a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago, the strongest recognition by a French president of a massacre in which many bodies were thrown into the River Seine. On 17th October, 1961, under the orders of then Paris police […]
Ugandan Christians honour Archbishop killed by dictator
Mucwini, UgandaReligion Unplugged Thousands of Christians gathered in northern Uganda on Sunday to commemorate the death of Archbishop Janani Luwum, who was killed in 1977 for speaking out against Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. At the service in Mucwini, the late clergyman’s home village, outgoing Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali implored Christians to […]
ESSAY: FIGHTING MCKENZIE, THE ANZAC SPIRIT AND AUSTRALIAN VALUES
As Australia marks Anzac Day, WARWICK MARSH looks at what the life of World War I army chaplain Wiliam “Fighting Mac” McKenzie can tell us about the Anzac spirit…