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Attempts to foster reconciliation in Central African Republic could be derailed if refugees who fled to neighbouring states after the coup are unable to cast votes in the upcoming presidential election, billed as a major peacebuilding…
A bishop in Plateau state, Nigeria, said that during the last fifteen years he has conducted more funerals than weddings. Addressing hundreds of demonstrators at the Plateau House of Assembly on 31 August, the Rt Rev…
Russia has positioned at least seven Russian T-90 tanks at an airfield near the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia, in a continued show of support by the Kremlin for President Bashar Al-Assad. Washington has said that…
Russia has positioned at least seven Russian T-90 tanks at an airfield near the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia, in a continued show of support by the Kremlin for President Bashar Al-Assad. Washington has said that…
Azerbaijan: Old world and new
17 Sep 2015
Sadly, corruption prevails here. Azerbaijan has high ratings of human development, but the government in this prosperous country abuses many rights of its population. Christianity is frequently associated with Russian imperialism and Armenian enmity, so Christians…
Jordan: Refugee food rations cut - now what?
17 Sep 2015
200,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan were told by text message last week that their food rations were being cut. The United Nations’ World Food Programme sent the message as a last resort when no major donors…