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Friday, 19 July 2019 11:14
Africa: Corruption
A survey asked over 47,000 citizens from 35 African countries about their experiences and perceptions of corruption. More than half of the survey respondents think corruption in their country is getting worse, and that their governments…
Friday, 19 July 2019 11:14
Congo: UN system-wide approach as Ebola spreads
The number of new Ebola cases is at worrying levels and now the virus has reached Goma City, the Central Africa transport hub, where 2 million people live. A Pastor, who had become ill in Butembo…
Friday, 19 July 2019 11:13
Persian Gulf: Another oil tanker seized
Iran's state TV said on 18 July that the Revolutionary Guard had seized a foreign oil tanker with 12 crew members accused of smuggling one million litres of fuel in the Lark Island of the Persian…
Friday, 19 July 2019 11:12
Syria: Bombs outside church
IS claimed responsibility for detonating a car bomb in front of a church in the city of Qamishli, which is held by the Kurdish YPG militia, injuring at least eight people. Earlier that day a bomb…
Friday, 19 July 2019 11:11
Global Mental Health of the young
Mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, are often said to be a ‘gaping hole in the global church’s holistic response to human need’. Please pray into these World Health Organisation facts: - one in…
Friday, 12 July 2019 13:07
Mongolia: corruption and Christianity
In March Parliament made it possible for judges, prosecutors and others to be fired by the National Security Council. Since then the head of the Supreme Court, the director and deputy director of the anti-corruption agency,…