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Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:59
Australia: Prime Minister’s stance on marriage led to his ousting
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott was cut down by one of his Liberal Party cabinet ministers, Malcolm Turnbull, last Monday. A major issue was same-sex marriage. Abbott had held back a relentless campaign to change the…
Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:58
UN Post Millennium Development Goals 2015
Many have not heard of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They were a blueprint agreed by all the world’s countries and leading development institutions. The aim was to meet the needs of the…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:40
Nepal: Update - lawmakers vote for secularism
Further to our article on 27 August (Nepal’s proposed constitutional amendments would make Christianity illegal), lawmakers voted on Monday for Nepal to remain secular, thus protecting minority religions from persecution. Following this vote, bombs exploded at…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:39
USA: California fire devastation
By Monday night, fast-moving weekend wildfires in Valley and Butte, in Northern California, had destroyed 700 homes and 1,000 other structures. 143,523 acres were burned and 23,000 people in total were displaced. The flash fires sent…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:38
Central African Republic: Election vote challenges
Attempts to foster reconciliation in Central African Republic could be derailed if refugees who fled to neighbouring states after the coup are unable to cast votes in the upcoming presidential election, billed as a major peacebuilding…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:37
Nigeria: Clergy conduct more funerals than weddings
A bishop in Plateau state, Nigeria, said that during the last fifteen years he has conducted more funerals than weddings. Addressing hundreds of demonstrators at the Plateau House of Assembly on 31 August, the Rt Rev…