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Boko Haram laughed at the announcement of a ceasefire and release of abducted school girls. Two weeks ago Nigeria’s Foreign Minister said the schoolgirls would be released ‘in the very near future.’ However, a recent Boko…
Global: Climate change report
09 Nov 2014
A UN report issued on 2 November warned that unchecked climate change will increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems. Ban Ki-moon said that if we maintain a ‘business as…
Pakistan: Persecution of Christians
09 Nov 2014
On Tuesday an enraged Muslim mob beat a Christian couple to death near Lahore and burnt their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran. This is the latest example…
USA: Midterm elections – what the results mean
09 Nov 2014
Republicans need only six seats to have a majority in the Senate; this week they gained that majority. While the Republican Party is far from perfect, it is currently the political party that most closely matches…
Australia has been criticised recently for the way it has responded to the Ebola crisis. (Australia suspended entry visas for visitors from Ebola-affected countries and wouldn’t send health workers to fight the epidemic.) Now, this week,…
West Africa: Hope and courage in an Ebola ward
31 Oct 2014
A report of an eye witness: My journey to Kenema Hospital in Sierra Leone started more than a month before I got there. It is a mental journey and a physical one. On the journey to…