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Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:40
Ghana: children trapped on Lake Volta
Thousands of children work in Lake Volta’s massive fishing industry: many are slaves. Children as young as 4 are abused and malnourished. Their work is dangerous; drowning and other hazards are a constant threat. Victims rise…
Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:13
USA and the WHO
The world's worst health crisis in a hundred years is not the best time for the WHO to lose its largest financial supporter. The Trump administration says the WHO ignored early warnings about coronavirus spread, took…
Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:46
East Africa: triple tragedy
Torrential rains causing floods and landslides displaced 100,000 people and killed about 200 in Kenya. Floods destroyed 8,000 acres of crops, and the extreme rainfall will continue until the end of May. In Uganda, a river…
Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:42
China: worshippers dragged from church
The Xingguang house church refused to join the government-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement. On 3 May security officers burst into a house church gathering for worship. The men who were guarding the door were pinned down, and…
Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:27
Canada: day of prayer for the harvest
Canadian intercessors have invited the nations to join them in an online seven-hour prayer meeting to pray for the mobilising of the Church into the Great Commission as we emerge from the coronavirus restrictions. Numerous Canadian…
Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:22
Palestine: women and coronavirus
A woman leads the fight against coronavirus in the Palestinian territories, while at the same time it has brought more violence and suffering to women. Umm Iyad travels to the northern West Bank to follow up…