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Friday, 20 January 2017 08:38
Middle East: the year ahead
2017 is set to be fraught with challenges for the people of the Middle East, Christian and Muslim alike. A brief summary: 1) Iraq will remain precarious, even though the battle to retake Mosul is making…
Friday, 20 January 2017 08:34
Zimbabwe: help for farmers
Last year’s maize crop failure is still proving debilitating: it takes more than a season to fully recover from the ravages of drought. Although the rains arrived on cue in November last year to plant this…
Friday, 13 January 2017 07:09
Afghanistan: many victims of bombings
Up to thirty people were killed and 80 wounded in twin bombings near the parliament in the capital, Kabul. Blasts at the governor's guesthouse in Kandahar killed at least 11 and injured 14, including the United…
Friday, 13 January 2017 07:07
Two problems for Trump
The director of the US office of government ethics has criticised Donald Trump's plan to hand control of his business empire to his sons before his inauguration next week. Walter Shaub said that the plan does…
Friday, 13 January 2017 07:05
Egypt: four bombing suspects arrested
Four men have been arrested in connection with the suicide attack at the St Peter and St Paul church in Cairo last month, which killed 28 people and injured over 40. Eleven people are still in…
Friday, 13 January 2017 07:04
Pakistan: Christian food ‘unclean’
Many Christian children in Pakistan face discrimination, abuse, hostility and even violence at government schools. A class of schoolgirls in Pakistan were taking an exam in Home Economics. The examiner was tasting the food they had…