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HUMANITARIAN CRISES LOOMS AS PAKISTAN REPATRIATES AFGHAN REFUGEES
UPDATE: 16/07/2024
Last week, INcontext reported on Pakistan’s decision to deport Afghan refugees lacking valid documentation. In a recent development, Pakistan has announced an extension...
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%...
BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT THWARTS COUP, HIGHLIGHTING NATIONAL STRUGGLES
By Alexandra Nyoni
On Wednesday, 26 June, Bolivian President Luis Arce thwarted a coup attempt by military General Juan Jose Zuniga. General Zuniga and his...
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...
THE CHURCH IN BURKINA FASO – AFFLICTED BUT NOT CRUSHED
By Gigi Kotze
Last year, Burkina Faso became the country most impacted by terrorism, with nearly 2,000 deaths, surpassing Afghanistan. According to the Institute for...
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE CHINA-TAIWAN CONFLICT?
By Alex Nyoni
During the Shangri-La Dialogue peace summit in Singapore from 31 May to 2 June, China’s defence minister Dong Jun doubled down on...
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,...
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...
DEATH OF IRAN’S PRESIDENT A REMINDER THAT ETERNITY IS AT STAKE
By Alexandra Nyoni
On Sunday, 19 May, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, crashed in the...
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...
