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PORT BLOCKADE CHALLENGES AFRICAN NATIONS TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS

By Katelin van Zyl On Monday 17 July, Russia did not renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative implemented in July 2022. The deal – which...

WHERE IS THE CHURCH IN THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CRISIS?

By Alex Pollock The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently released a report that 569 Rohingya refugees either died or went missing at...

ATTACKS IN EUROPE – AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY CHRIST

By Isolde Doubell 28/08/2024 Three people were killed and eight injured in the German town of Solingen on Friday, 23 August, when a Syrian refugee who...

RIVAL ECONOMIC CORRIDOR LINKING INDIA TO EUROPE, VIA MIDDLE EAST, PLANNED

By Alex Pollock On Saturday, 9 September, in a sideline meeting during the G20 summit, several countries agreed to the creation of a multinational rail...

VIETNAM: DESPITE ADVERSITY THE CHURCH’S MISSION REMAINS

By Gigi Kotze On Saturday 30 March, Vietnam implemented a new decree requiring religious groups to provide financial records and granting local government officials the...

UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: HARNESSING AFRICA’S YOUTH BOOM

By Beth Copeland 28/11/2024 Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing an unprecedented demographic shift. With over 60% of its population under the age of 25, the region has...

THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS IN LIMBO AFTER PAKISTAN ISSUES FINAL WARNING TO LEAVE

By Alex Pollock On 3 October, the government of Pakistan announced that all “illegal immigrants” must leave the country by 1 November or face forced...

NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA MAKE LANDMARK ALLIANCE

By Jeremiah Goddard On Tuesday, 18 June Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, resulting in both further escalation of tensions with...

NIGERIA: CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION, KIDNAPPINGS AND PRAYER IN THE SPOTLIGHT

By Isolde Doubell 27/11/2025 News Nigeria is still reeling from a spate of attacks that took place in its northern region last week. More than three hundred...

CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE DECRY QURANIC BURNINGS

By Jeremiah Goddard On Monday 24 July, members of the Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots), a Danish ultra-nationalist group, burned pages of the Quran as well...