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New legislation is welcome advance in fight against human trafficking

[notice]Peter-John Pearson, Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaision Office (CPLO) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, responds to the new Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act[/notice] Speedy co-operation of state departments needed to make law fully operational as soon as possible The Presidency announced on 30th July […]

Zimbabwean church leaders encourage peace after Mugabe claims disputed victory

Botswana calls for independent audit of elections The Roman Catholic churches and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe have asked their followers to wait patiently for talks to resolve outstanding issues and to not be consumed by bitterness that leads to violence. However, the Zimbabwean police, prepared for possible disturbances on […]

Heroic Chinese house church leader, Samuel Lamb, dies

By World Watch Monitor One of the most well-known Christian leaders in China, Pastor Samuel Lamb, died on Saturday (August 3) in Guangzhou, aged 88. He had been arrested during one of the first big waves of persecution in Mao’s China and was first imprisoned from 1955 to 1957, when […]