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Thursday, 25 March 2021 20:34
Eritrea: EU announces sanctions
On 22 March the European Union announced a number of sanctions on Eritrea’s national security office. This positive EU move should hardly be a surprise to the Eritrean government. It has faced sanctions for its human…
Thursday, 25 March 2021 20:31
Ethiopia: crisis for children
UNICEF is underscoring the need for continual aid for children amid a worsening situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Five months since the conflict began, a picture is emerging of killings and sexual violence against…
Thursday, 25 March 2021 20:28
China: church in chains - Pastor John
Just one of the Christian prisoners in China is Pastor John Cao (60), serving a seven-year prison sentence for ‘organising illegal border crossings’ between China and Myanmar. He made many trips from America to his native…
Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:56
‘You must be vegan to be saved’
As the church’s global growth continues, leaders must disentangle its ‘health message’ from views on salvation. Many Seventh-day Adventists believe you must be vegan to be saved. While Adventists around the world have heeded their co-founder’s…
Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:54
Reaching the unreached
The Ceesa people have a unique desert culture and their own distinct language. There is evidence that they were Christians once, but they are now Sunni Muslims. As far as anyone knows, there has not been…
Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:50
Kenya: locust storms
Locusts move like thick, dark clouds, tearing through parts of East Africa and devouring crop after crop, putting food supplies and farmers’ livelihoods at risk. These invasions aren’t new but they are happening more often than…