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Nigeria: National and international action
07 May 2014
As Nigeria struggles with the abduction of 200+ girls in April, Voice of America reported eight more teenage girls being kidnapped from Warabe village in north-eastern Nigeria on Tuesday night. On Monday the leader of Boko…
Central African Republic: Continuing chaos
07 May 2014
A French Christian writes, ‘People were gathered on Sunday for prayer. Open Doors personnel played recordings of messages of comfort from Christians in France to their brethren in the CAR. Subsequent sharing of information led to…
California Democratic Representative Janice Hahn walked out of the National Day of Prayer event on Capitol Hill after hearing Dr. James Dobson refer to President Barack Obama as ‘the abortion president.’ Later In a TV interview…
Iran: Rude homecoming for dissidents
07 May 2014
Journalists and many on the wrong side of Mahmud Ahmadinejad fled Iran after his contentious re-election as president in 2009. When the 2013 election brought the relatively moderate Hassan Rohani to power, "A" took the opportunity…
Afghanistan: Aid reaching landslide victims
07 May 2014
The village of Aab Barik was buried by a tide of rock and mud last Friday after heavy rains. The government confirmed 300 deaths, and has given up looking for 2,100 missing. Hundreds of homes are…
Syria: Warfare creates a lost generation
07 May 2014
Syria's ‘lost generation’ are children whose innocence was stolen in the Syrian conflict. It is not unusual to see a baby-faced boy with his Kalashnikov rifle balanced over his shoulder. Families have to depend on children…