Red Cross: Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray region struggle to deliver care
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Improved security in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since a November ceasefire has allowed aid to reach some previously inaccessible areas, but humanitarian needs remain urgent, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. A two-year war that broke out in November, 2020, between the Federal Government and forces led by the Tigray People’s […]
Postcards: Morocco’s Amazigh speakers fear Indigenous language fading
AHMED ELJECHTIMI, of Reuters, reports on calls to ensure the Amazigh language isn’t consigned to history…
Biden tells duelling prayer breakfasts that “diversity is one of our greatest strengths”
Washington, US RNS Speaking to a refashioned National Prayer Breakfast gathered at the Capitol with a new board and in a new location, President Joe Biden encouraged leaders of Congress to find ways to unify despite their political and religious differences. “My prayer for this prayer breakfast is to start to see each other again, […]
Some UN Afghan aid delivered by men only, donors voice alarm
United Nations Reuters Under pressure from Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, the United Nations is delivering some food aid using men only, prompting warnings from donors and humanitarian groups that it could be seen as giving in to an internationally condemned ban on most female aid workers. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths acknowledged to reporters this week […]
Zelenskiy wants tougher Europe, Putin evokes victory over Nazis
Kyiv, Ukraine/Volgograd, Russia Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European leaders visiting Kyiv on Thursday to pile more sanctions on Russia, where President Vladimir Putin evoked a famous World War II victory over the Nazis to rally his nation. The West has imposed sweeping punitive measures since Russia’s nearly year-old invasion of Ukraine that has […]
Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond
Kinshasa, Congo AP Pope Francis led Congo’s young people in a rousing denunciation of political corruption on Thursday, turning an otherwise scripted meeting with church catechists into a rally that shook the capital’s sports stadium. Francis was repeatedly interrupted as some of the 65,000 people in Kinshasa’s Martyrs’ Stadium took up his call to say […]
Mourners call Australian Cardinal Pell victim of injustice
Sydney, Australia AP Mourners at the Sydney funeral for Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was once the most senior Catholic convicted of sex abuse, remembered him Thursday as a victim of campaign to punish him regardless of his guilt. Meanwhile, a few hundred protesters yelled slogans from the street denouncing Pell, a staunch conservative who […]
Australia to replace monarch on banknote with design honouring Indigenous culture
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia will replace the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on its $5 banknote with a new design to reflect and honour the history of its Indigenous culture, the country’s central bank said on Thursday. The decision follows consultation with the Federal Government, which supports the change, the Reserve Bank of Australia said […]
Peru’s Congress fails to agree over holding early elections
Lima, Peru Reuters Peru’s Congress on Wednesday rejected a proposal to move elections forward to December, 2023, despite nearly two months of protests that have left dozens dead following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. Lawmakers will continue debating a different proposal to hold early elections, a key demand of the protesters. But Peru’s […]
At Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis, Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev Al Sharpton among those praying and promising reform
United States RNS Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, was mourned on Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month, in a funeral that featured messages of faith from Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev Al Sharpton. Delayed more than two hours by […]