News Bites
REMEMBERING SUDAN: HOPE AMID RISING CONFLICT
By Jeremiah Goddard
17/10/2024
As the battle for Khartoum continues, the Sudanese military has intensified efforts to reclaim areas of the capital city under the control...
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...
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...
THREE WAYS TO PRAY FOR HONG KONG’S BELIEVERS IN A SHIFTING LANDSCAPE
By Isolde Doubell
19/09/2024
Earlier this month, Chu Kai-pong, a 27-year-old Hong Kong man, pleaded guilty to one count of “doing acts with seditious intent.” He...
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...
LESSONS OF HOPE FROM MOTHERS IN MEXICO FACING LOSS
By Jeremiah Goddard
05/09/2024
Official records indicate that since 1952, at least 115,000 people have gone missing in Mexico, although the actual number is likely higher....
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...
COULD MPOX BE THE NEXT COVID-19?
By Gustav Krös
On Wednesday, 14 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that the upsurge of mpox in...
WHY RWANDA SHUT THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES
By Isolde Doubell
Since 29 July the government of Rwanda has closed more than 4000 churches and some mosques on the grounds of not complying...
CAN THE VENEZUELAN CHURCH BE A BEACON OF HOPE AMIDST INCREASING POLITICAL TURMOIL?
By Alex Nyoni
On Sunday, 28 July, Venezuelans voted in what has turned out to be a highly contested presidential election. The country’s National Electoral...
