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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...
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...
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...
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFRICAN CHURCH AMID ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
By Alexandra Nyoni and Aron Mwasile
Over the past week, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released reports on the economic state...
WHAT COULD THE DEATH OF A LEBANESE POLITICIAN MEAN FOR THE SYRIAN CHURCH?
By Alexandra Nyoni
On Monday, 8 April, prominent Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) politician Pascal Suleiman was declared dead by the Lebanese Army, supposedly after being...
