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Friday, 12 February 2016 11:00
DR Congo: suffering but awaiting a new beginning
At least fifteen people were killed in clashes between armed groups as ethnic tensions broke out in the village of Mukeberwa in North Kivu province. Clashes then erupted between the assailants and the Hutu rebels of…
Friday, 12 February 2016 10:58
Afghanistan: prayer request from a missionary
‘Workers arriving in the country need to fly onwards; however, our aviation organisation’s licence has been withdrawn. Air travel is crucial for working in remote areas. There are people studying the local languages who need to…
Friday, 12 February 2016 10:56
Church stance on contraception in face of Zika virus
The Catholic Church is under growing pressure to relax its ban on artificial contraception as women in some Latin American countries have been advised not to get pregnant for up to two years amid fears over…
Friday, 12 February 2016 10:53
Syria: displaced people struggle to survive
In a town east of Damascus, now under regime control, a stream of filthy water runs in the street and children refer to it sarcastically as ‘the river’. An unfinished building houses 25 families displaced by…
Friday, 12 February 2016 10:51
Burkina Faso: Christian surgeon remains captive, wife is released
An Australian Christian missionary was freed after she and her husband were kidnapped last month in Burkina Faso. Jocelyn and Ken Elliott, both in their 80s, have run a hospital for forty years there, meeting physical…
Friday, 12 February 2016 10:48
Israel: mother apologises to guard stabbed by her daughter
The mother of a thirteen-year-old Israeli Arab girl who stabbed a security guard issued an impassioned apology, praising the guard for not opening fire on her and said she hoped all Israel would soon find peace.…