Articles
Nigeria: oil spills in the Niger delta
11 Mar 2016
Oil giant Shell is being sued over oil spills in the Niger delta by communities which want Shell to clean up their land. Some of the claimants are the Ogale, a community of 40,000 farmers or…
Afghanistan: militants refuse fresh peace talks
11 Mar 2016
The Taliban have been rebelling against the Afghan government since 2001, and will not participate in new peace talks until international forces leave the country. Peace talks have been on hold since last year. The Quadrilateral…
As more and more people are fleeing Syria and arriving at refugee camps in neighbouring countries, SAT-7, a Christian satellite channel, offers on-air education to children in core curriculum subjects, alongside messages of love, forgiveness, and…
Making disciples of refugees
04 Mar 2016
This week a Christian worker returned from a country where there are countless Syrian refugees in camps. He and his team talked to and prayed for the people there. He could not believe the spiritual openness…
Germany: refugees have no voice
04 Mar 2016
‘Christians and Muslim converts to Christianity have no voice’, says Pastor Gottfried Martens, whose church in Berlin is a ‘drop-in-centre’ for more than 1,000 Christian refugees. ‘In the refugee homes many Christians live in fear of…
Europe: summits on refugee crisis
04 Mar 2016
Europe’s migration crisis is hurtling towards a potentially defining turning point this month, with the pillars of the EU’s policy under sustained assault and German chancellor Angela Merkel facing the first electoral test of her refugee…