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OUTGOING LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CONCEDES ELECTION LOSS IN RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY
By Katelin van Zyl
On Friday, 17 November, Liberian President George Weah conceded election defeat after provisional results from Tuesday’s runoff vote showed opposition candidate...
BHUTAN’S GNH INDEX MEASURES LIFE CONTENTMENT, BUT THERE CAN’T BE TRUE HAPPINESS WITHOUT CHRIST
By Alexandra Nyoni
In March of this year, Bhutan’s Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, spoke at the 2024 India Today Conclave conference, encouraging more Indian people...
BELIEVERS CONTINUE TO SERVE IN SUDAN DESPITE THE WAR’S SEVERE TOLL
By Katelin van Zyl
On Monday 14 August, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief General Abdel Fattah Burhan delivered a rare, televised speech in which he...
AFGHAN CHURCH, THOUGH UNDERGROUND, STILL SEES GROWTH
By Alex Pollock
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday, 8 March, several women around Afghanistan gathered to protest the oppression they face...
SRI LANKA’S ELECTIONS SPARK HOPE, BUT CHRIST IS THE UNFAILING ANCHOR
By Isolde Doubell
09/10/2024
Fifty-five-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected as the ninth President of Sri Lanka on Saturday, 21 September. Dissanayake’s election marks a major...
SERBIAN ATTACK ON KOSOVO POLICE HIGHLIGHTS GROWING TENSION IN THE BALKANS
By Alex Pollock
On Sunday, 24 September, 30 armed Serbs attacked a police patrol in the usually peaceful village of Banjska in northern Kosovo, killing...
AS INDIA’S ELECTIONS ROLL ON, WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE CHURCH?
By Isolde Doubell
Throughout 2024, 4.2 billion people in 65 countries will be eligible to participate in governmental elections. Almost one billion of those (more...
PRAY AS SOUTH SUDAN TEETERS ON BRINK OF CIVIL WAR
By Isolde Doubell
10/04/2025
South Sudan, the youngest nation in the world – since 2011 – has been at war for more years than its people...
WORLD LEADERS VISIT CENTRAL ASIA AS BATTLE FOR REGIONAL INFLUENCE CONTINUES
By Alex Pollock
On Thursday, 9 November, leaders from Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, and Russia all made visits to Central Asian countries to solidify existing relationships...
BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN ON QUOTAS BUT FACES WIDESPREAD DISSIDENCE
By Isolde Doubell
Over the past three weeks, student protests in Bangladesh have rattled the nation and led to widespread unrest throughout the country. These...
