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Thursday, 18 June 2020 21:07
India: coping with coronavirus
India's home minister has offered 500 railway carriages for use as makeshift coronavirus hospital wards as New Delhi struggles to contain a spike in cases. Delhi has about 9,000 beds dedicated to Covid-19 patients among public…
Thursday, 18 June 2020 21:05
Nigeria: killing ‘more dangerous than coronavirus’
‘The incessant killing is more dangerous than coronavirus’, said a community leader in central Nigeria recently. His reaction is one of several testimonies - frequently harrowing to read, let alone to have experienced - which feature…
Thursday, 18 June 2020 21:03
Libya: working for a ceasefire
Libya, a major oil producer, has been mired in turmoil since 2011 when Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a NATO-backed uprising. In the first week of June the warring sides began new ceasefire talks in Libya.…
Thursday, 18 June 2020 21:01
China: prayer letter
Xiao, the wife of Qin Defu, an imprisoned pastor, writes, ‘I am begging for prayers for my family and me. Defu has been in jail over six months.’ At first she received short phone calls from…
Thursday, 11 June 2020 20:58
Global: police corruption
George Floyd’s death sparked protests against racial inequality and police abuse around the world. Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police than white Americans. Transparency International reports that police abuse takes…
Thursday, 11 June 2020 20:56
Nigeria: a prayer
As attacks on Christians continue in northern Nigeria, we can pray for Christians there, asking the Lord to end the killing and suffering for being a believer. ‘Father, may their witness be vibrant, as a lamp…