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Monday, 23 March 2015 00:00
Libya: IS kidnaps 20 medical workers
A group of 30+ gunmen attacked the Ibn Sina Hospital in Sirte and abducted 20 workers. The hospital workers had decided to leave the city because of the poor security situation there and the Islamic State…
Monday, 23 March 2015 00:00
Israel: Victorious Netanyahu – next steps
The next step following the Israeli election is to form a coalition government. The final results of the ballot boxes will be known by Friday as the soldiers’ and diplomats’ votes need to be counted. After…
Monday, 23 March 2015 00:00
Syria: Four years since teenage graffiti sparked civil war
Four years ago this week a group of young teenagers with a can of paint sprayed messages on a wall in Daraa city. They couldn’t have known it but, over the next nine days, their graffiti…
Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
South Africa: Helping world’s traumatised children
Across the nations children are becoming traumatised through street violence, wars, domestic violence, kidnapping, child labour and trafficking. See the six Prayer Alert articles below. In South Africa the Petra Institute near White River, Mpumalanga, have…
Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
Iraq: Israeli Arab slain by IS child
A new IS video shows a child executing an Israeli Arab man accused of spying for Israel. The child shot him in the head with a hand gun. ‘So we fight in Iraq and our eyes…
Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
Syria: A lost generation
Children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition and diseases related to poor sanitation. With the breakdown of health systems there have been outbreaks of highly contagious diseases like measles and even polio. The lack of immunizations only…