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Medecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) doctor Natalie Roberts is an emergency doctor from the UK who has been working with MSF for two years and has just returned from Yemen. The following are five of…
Myanmar: Website launch ahead of elections
10 Sep 2015
A website has been launched dedicated to Wirathu, a controversial Mandalay monk, and his hardline Buddhist monk group, Ma-Ba-Tha, dedicated to the primacy of all things Buddhist in Myanmar. Buddhist nationals could powerfully impact Myanmar’s November…
Syria: IS issues list of rules for Christians
10 Sep 2015
‘Our entire ancestral homelands have been completely taken and now they won't even allow us to sustain our religious faith in one God and His Son Jesus Christ.’ IS has issued a ‘safety contract’ for Christians…
Saudi Arabia: Hajj 21 to 23 September
10 Sep 2015
The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage for Muslims to go to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and seek forgiveness for their sins. Young Khaled wanted to be prepared for the prayers he would pray on the Hajj.…
Nigeria: 500 days since Chibok abductions
10 Sep 2015
The president of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria said that 176 of the girls kidnapped from Chibok by Boko Haram last year are from families in his denomination. Reverend Samuel Dali’s revelation coincided with…
Global: Prayer Week for refugee crisis
10 Sep 2015
This week 24-7 Prayer International are inviting the global church to pray in one-hour slots, wherever they are, for the refugee crisis. The prayer week is running from midday Monday 7 until midday Monday 14 September.…