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South Sudan: unity or upheaval?
18 Nov 2016
Vice-president Riek Machar and his supporters fled Juba in July after fighting broke out between government forces and his own. He is a Nuer, and President Salva Kiir is a member of the Dinka. Tribal rivalries…
Iraq: Mosul battle and prayers
18 Nov 2016
It is expected that most Christians will wait for the Nineveh plain to be safe and 'IS-free' before returning. This now seems likely to be a matter of months, not weeks. Mission agencies are monitoring the…
Central African Republic: child refugees
18 Nov 2016
Yesterday officials in Brussels were searching for ways to fund their programmes in Central African Republic (CAR). UNICEF reported on Wednesday that over 850,000 people, half of them children, are still on the move - either…
Afghanistan: mission update
18 Nov 2016
A mission co-ordinator writes, ‘Our team leader from the North is planning his next trip into the mountains soon. It has already begun to snow in this area, so pray for good weather conditions and for…
Aleppo - Russia’s assault on ‘terrorist targets’
18 Nov 2016
Moscow insists warplanes from its aircraft carrier stationed off the Syrian coast did not target Aleppo, but Russia's intensifying intervention could be a game-changer in the momentum in this brutal war. Aleppo was Syria's economic hub…
Worldwide violence
18 Nov 2016
Today, violence is the most urgent threat for millions of the poorest people. According to the United Nations, four billion people live outside the protection of the law. That means that their public justice systems (their…