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Friday, 02 March 2018 10:43
Nigeria: more schoolgirls abducted
On 25 February, Nigeria's information minister had a meeting with the family members of 110 girls who were abducted a week earlier. The frustrated families had criticised the government for taking so long to acknowledge the…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:39
South Sudan: UN report - war crimes
60.5% of South Sudan’s population is Christian, with over 60 different major ethnic groups. South Sudan split from the predominantly Islamic north in 2011 and was expected to prosper as the split meant it inherited most…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:34
Egypt: preparations for elections
Recently the Egyptian army and police launched a comprehensive anti-terrorism operation in the Sinai peninsula ahead of the 26-28 March elections in which President al-Sisi will be running for a second term. A spokesman said intelligence…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:30
Israel: Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre closed
The Jordanian and Palestinian governments supported a decision by Roman Catholic, Armenian and Greek Orthodox leaders to close Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of Christianity’s holiest sites, because of a ‘systematic campaign of abuse’…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:26
Global: the silent Holocaust
Worldwide, there are approximately 42 milion victims of abortion each year. That's more people than the entire population of Iraq being killed. Abortion is not confined to one region or people group. It is a global…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:17
Malaysia: recognising conversion from Islam
The federal court has recently decided to allow four Christians who converted from Islam to begin to take steps to have their conversions from Islam legally recognised and have the word Islam removed from their identity…