Haitian aid workers worry American Christians donors could worsen crisis
United States RNS As the security crisis in Haiti continues, the humanitarian aid group Haiti Family Care Network is urging US Christian donors to refrain from worsening the situation by donating to orphanages and to redirect their efforts instead toward initiatives helping parents support their children. “There are actually better ways to care for the […]
Essay: Kenya floods – as the costs add up pressure mounts on a country in economic crisis
Development economist TIMOTHY NJAGI NJERU, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at some of the impacts and lessons coming out of the devastating floods in Kenya…
Chad declares interim President Deby winner of disputed vote
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters Chad’s state election body said on Thursday interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the 6th May presidential election outright with over 61 per cent of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner. Chad’s junta has become the first of the coup-hit countries in West […]
The Explainer: Excommunication is not the church’s equivalent of capital punishment
Amid calls for priest who abuse children to be excommunicated, US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the concept of excommunication within the Catholic Church…
Gaza’s sick and injured search for help as Rafah assault brings hospitals to their knees
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip Reuters Souad Zohair, 73, has been kept alive by kidney dialysis three days a week at a hospital in Rafah, but that’s shut now by Israel’s latest offensive. Her daughter brought her up the dangerous coastal road to the last hospital left in the Gaza Strip that still has functioning dialysis […]
Hope fades for 44 trapped in collapsed South African building
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters Relatives of 44 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in the South African city of George faced a fourth day of anguished waiting on Thursday as heavy machinery worked at the site in a race against time to find any survivors. Of 81 people who were on site when the […]
Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War II
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no-one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. As Russian troops advance against Ukraine’s Western-backed forces, Putin accused “arrogant” […]
Pope starts countdown to Holy Year centred on theme of hope
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis formally proclaimed on Thursday a Holy Year starting in late December, which will stress the need for hope in a world beset by hunger, poverty and war. One of the Roman Catholic Church’s most important events, the Holy Year, or Jubilee, usually takes place once every 25 years and is […]
Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal
Cairo, Egypt/Rafah, Gaza Strip/Washington DC, US Reuters Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed US President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons from Israel if it assaults the southern Gaza city. A senior Israeli official said late on Thursday that the latest round of indirect […]