Five faith facts about former President Barack Obama’s new book: ‘A Promised Land’
RNS Former US President Barack Obama’s new book, A Promised Land, only mentions four pages in its index under the category “faith and”. But the title of the book by the 44th US President invokes Biblical imagery – a land promised by God to his people – and Obama includes the role of religious institutions, […]
Escaped Chibok schoolgirl calls on international community not to forget those still in captivity
A Nigerian schoolgirl who managed to escape from Boko Haram militants after being kidnapped from her Chibok school in 2014 has called on the international community to remember those still in captivity. The abduction of 276 schoolgirls in the north-eastern town of Chibok in April, 2014, by Islamist militants caused a global outcry – including […]