The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has called on South African faith groups and civil society lobbies to press the SA government to intervene in a Ethiopia where the government is accused of committing war crimes against the people of the northern province of Tigray. Warning that what […]
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Global forced displacement hits record high
Originally published in UNHCR Wars and persecution have driven more people from their homes than at any time since UNHCR records began, according to a new report released today by the UN Refugee Agency. The report, entitled Global Trends, noted that on average 24 people were forced to flee each […]
CAR Church leaders call again for aid
By World Watch Monitor Leaders reiterate claim that Anti-Balaka militias are not Christian Church leaders in the Central African Republic have reiterated their opposition to the ongoing violence in the country and demanded more troops on the ground. A declaration was signed by four prominent Church leaders, after a gathering […]
South Sudan pastor and family hide in bush during fighting
Originally published in Godreports “Father, what has happened to these people?” John Monychol quieted his young daughter as they ran past body after body. Monychol had just returned to South Sudan’s Upper Nile region from a pastors’ conference in the southern part of the country when he began hearing rumors […]
Female church workers raped and killed in South Sudan
By Fredrick Nzwili — World Watch Monitor Scores of female church workers were massacred last month as they sought refuge at a church in the central South Sudanese town of Bor. The women, several of whom were elderly, had fled rebel attacks to hide in the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church […]
South Sudan Christians see glimmer of hope
Christian pastors, priests, saving lives amidst turmoil Originally published in Baptist Press A breakthrough between warring factions in South Sudan has provided a glimmer of hope that the mostly Christian nation may escape civil war. Leaders of a rebel opposition group said Jan. 10 they would no longer demand the […]