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Friday, 15 March 2019 10:02
Nigeria: Christians sue the government
Rev Solomon Mfa and ten other Christian leaders filed a suit against the Nigerian government at the West African States Court of Justice, which has jurisdiction over human rights issues in the area. On 26 February…
Friday, 15 March 2019 09:31
Kenya: Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
An assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opened in Kenya's capital with a minute’s silence as delegates stood under the dark cloud cast by a plane crash that killed 157 people, including UN staff working…
Friday, 15 March 2019 09:29
Australia: how we treat our elderly
How communities treat our elderly is a measure of worth and moral integrity. 300 people attended the first community consultation by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Adult children and spouses of those…
Friday, 15 March 2019 09:27
Global: technology 30 years on
Global action is required to tackle the web's ‘downward plunge to a dysfunctional future’, said its inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee in an interview marking thirty years since its conception. He said people realised how data can…
Friday, 15 March 2019 09:22
Venezuela: ‘we call it survival’
Food is rotting in refrigerators, people needing dialysis die as hospital equipment shuts down. Diabetics pick leaves, high in sugar, from neem trees amid fears for insulin supplies which must be kept refrigerated. Venezuela has frequent…
Thursday, 07 March 2019 22:32
Global: Hindus need our prayers
Hinduism is slowly growing as people search for life’s answers in religion. Of the 140,000 Protestant missionaries across the nations, only 2% serve Hindu people. However, Hindus from all castes are slowly coming to Jesus after…