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Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:34
Jordan: Refugee food rations cut - now what?
200,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan were told by text message last week that their food rations were being cut. The United Nations’ World Food Programme sent the message as a last resort when no major donors…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:13
Yemen: Tweets from a Medecins Sans Frontières doctor
Medecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) doctor Natalie Roberts is an emergency doctor from the UK who has been working with MSF for two years and has just returned from Yemen. The following are five of…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:12
Myanmar: Website launch ahead of elections
A website has been launched dedicated to Wirathu, a controversial Mandalay monk, and his hardline Buddhist monk group, Ma-Ba-Tha, dedicated to the primacy of all things Buddhist in Myanmar. Buddhist nationals could powerfully impact Myanmar’s November…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:11
Syria: IS issues list of rules for Christians
‘Our entire ancestral homelands have been completely taken and now they won't even allow us to sustain our religious faith in one God and His Son Jesus Christ.’ IS has issued a ‘safety contract’ for Christians…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:10
Saudi Arabia: Hajj 21 to 23 September
The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage for Muslims to go to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and seek forgiveness for their sins. Young Khaled wanted to be prepared for the prayers he would pray on the Hajj.…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:01
Nigeria: 500 days since Chibok abductions
The president of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria said that 176 of the girls kidnapped from Chibok by Boko Haram last year are from families in his denomination. Reverend Samuel Dali’s revelation coincided with…