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HOPE PREVAILS IN SYRIA’S NEW DAWN
By Jeremiah Goddard
12/12/2024
On the 8th of December, in a shocking and historic moment for the Middle East, Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus, forcing...
AFRICAN REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS FACE FURTHER HARDSHIP ALONG ‘YEMENI ROUTE’
By Katelin van Zyl
On Monday 21 August, Human Rights Watch (HRW) publicly released a report documenting “widespread and systematic” abuses committed by Saudi border...
CHURCH REMINDED OF OUR CALLING AS WE REFLECT ON HAITI MISSIONARIES’ DEATH
By Katelin van Zyl
On Thursday, 23 May, three American missionaries serving in Haiti were shot and killed by gang members after leaving a youth...
GOD’S STORY IN THE AFRICAN STORY
By Katelin van Zyl
On 27 October, Logos Hope of the German Christian charitable organisation ‘GBA Ships’ (Gute Bücher für Alle, or in English –...
SAUDI ARABIA’S TOURISM SHIFT – A NEW ERA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHURCH
By Beth Copeland
12/09/2024
Saudi Arabia has announced its decision to cancel fees for issuing commercial activity licences for hotels, hotel apartments, and residential resorts in...
THE GROWING POTENTIAL OF EUROPE’S MIGRANT CHURCHES
By Donnelly McCleland
This week, across the world, Christians are preparing to celebrate Easter. Europe is no different, except that a growing proportion of churches...
CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM ELECTED AS MEXICO’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
By Isolde Doubell
On Sunday, 31 May, in the biggest election in its history, Mexico elected Claudia Sheinbaum as president – the first female president,...
KENYAN FORCES ARRIVE IN HAITI TO ASSIST WITH PEACE-MAKING EFFORTS
By Alex Pollock
On Sunday 20 August, a group of 1,000 Kenyan police officers arrived in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to begin a year-long...
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...
INDIA AND PAKISTAN HEAD TO HEAD OVER ATTACK IN KASHMIR
By Isolde Doubell
08/05/2025
Kashmir has been in the news once again after 26 tourists were brutally killed at gunpoint at the end of April. The...
