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BARRIERS TO PEACE LEAVE SUDANESE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE BUT NOT WITHOUT HOPE
By Katelin van Zyl
On 25 September, the United Nations (UN) reported that the number displaced within Sudan and into neighbouring countries has risen to...
POTENTIAL FOR GOSPEL SPREAD AS PRO-CHINA LEADER WINS MALDIVES PARLIAMENT
In parliamentary elections on Sunday, 22 April, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) party won control of the People’s Majlis (a social...
THE MAHA KUMBH MELA: THE SPIRITUAL NEED AND THE CHURCH’S ROLE IN REACHING THE...
By Gigi Kotze
23/01/2025
From 13 January to 26 February, millions of Hindu devotees will gather at the holy Triveni Sangam (the sacred confluence of three...
FINDING HOPE IN THE ISRAEL – GAZA CONFLICT ONE MONTH ON
By Jeremiah Goddard
Tuesday, 7 November marked one month of the current war between the Israeli government and Hamas in Gaza following the group’s attack...
NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT PROMISES CHANGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND PRAY FOR
By Gigi Kotze
Mr Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran's new president, defeating his hardline conservative rival Mr Saeed Jalili. Mr Pezeshkian received 53.3%...
MASS EXODUS FROM BHUTAN BRINGS HOPE AMIDST UNCERTAINTY
By Jeremiah Goddard
Since May 2022, 12,000 Bhutanese have emigrated to Australia, approximately 1.5% of the population. This small, landlocked Buddhist country of only 777,000...
SINCERE INTERCESSION NEEDED AS HAITI CONTINUES DESCENT INTO ANARCHY
By Donnelly McCleland
On Sunday, 3 March, the Haitian government declared a 72-hour state of emergency and night curfew after gangs stormed the country’s two...
PAKISTAN CHURCH UNDER FIRE: A CALL TO ANGUISH
By Gigi Kotze
26/09/2024
In the first eight months of 2024, Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in militant violence, resulting in 757 deaths and nearly...
THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC ARMENIANS FLEE NAGORNO-KARABAKH FEARING REPRISALS
By Donnelly McCleland
As of Tuesday, 26 September, almost 20,000 (of the estimated total of 120,000) ethnic Armenians had fled Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh...
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHURCH IN THE MIDST OF WAR
By Alexandra Nyoni
Following comments made by French President Emanual Macron and the British Foreign Secretary regarding their continued support for Ukraine in its war...
