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Friday, 15 January 2016 13:50
Nigeria: tumbling oil prices cause bankruptcies to loom
There is a mixed bag of expectations and anxiety over what this new year holds for Nigeria. Yesterday’s excesses have come home to roost. Time and time again the issue of over- dependence on oil has…
Friday, 15 January 2016 13:47
Kenya: Pray for an end to corruption in the police force
At the end of 2015 the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International, reported: ‘The police force is the most corrupt institution in Kenya.’ Investigations revealed a hierarchy in the way proceeds of corruption are shared among police…
Friday, 15 January 2016 13:43
Israel: Gaza faces harsh winter after gas supply cuts
Israel has curtailed gas supplies to the occupied Gaza Strip, causing a major disruption to most families and exacerbating the harsh impact of the cold weather. The amount of gas entering Gaza has decreased by 50%…
Friday, 08 January 2016 17:35
Australia: palliative care
The Victorian government has conducted a public consultation to improve palliative care service and work towards the development of an end-of-life care framework. The Australian Christian Lobby was able to contribute to the discussion by making…
Friday, 08 January 2016 17:35
South Africa: human trafficking
Nomasonto Khoza, the mother of a one-year-old toddler, and her two accomplices appeared at the Nelspruit magistrates’ court on Thursday, charged with human trafficking. The 25-year-old mother sold the child for R5,000 in Springs to 45-year-old…
Friday, 08 January 2016 17:34
Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 80+ but President says ‘war against terror won’
Boko Haram slaughtered more than eighty people in a series of attacks the week after President Buhari suggested his army had ‘technically won the war.’ The Global Terror Report 2015 places Nigeria third on their list…