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Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:33
Brazil: deadly storms
People having a pre-Lent holiday at San Sebastiao beach had two feet of torrential rain. Sao Paulo state’s floods also claimed lives on carnival weekend. TV and social media showed entire areas under water, hillside houses…
Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:30
Saddleback Church in dispute over female pastor
America’s largest Protestant denomination is grappling with gender issues and politics. The recent Southern Baptist Convention expelled its largest and most prominent church, Saddleback Church in California, because it installed a woman pastor. Saddleback still operates…
Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:28
Nigeria: young people may influence election results
Spurred on by the 2020 EndSars anti-police brutality protests that morphed into calls for good governance, millions of young people in Nigeria have registered as first-time voters for the elections on 25 February. The man many…
Thursday, 16 February 2023 22:42
Turkey: 113 arrest warrants
Turkey has issued 113 arrest warrants in connection with the construction of buildings that collapsed in recent earthquakes. Twelve people are in custody, with more arrests expected, but the action is seen by many as an…
Thursday, 16 February 2023 22:39
Namibia: baby abandonment
In 2019, Namibia passed legislation saying that women who, out of desperation, took the drastic step of abandoning their child, would no longer be prosecuted. Abandoned babies were dying. Safe places where an infant could be…
Thursday, 16 February 2023 22:35
Cambodia / India: honest media opposed
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen has shut down the last few independent media outlets in the country, six months before a general election. He cancelled Voice Of Democracy‘s operating licence after they published an article which…