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Mexico (MNN) ― Floods in Pakistan displacing millions. Floods in India destroying homes. Floods in Gambia adding to the disaster of famine. When it seems like the earth cannot possibly harbor any more rain, high waters strike again, this time in Mexico.
In the past few months, Compassion International has been forced to temporarily shut down [...]
Ethiopia (MNN) ― After months of evading his pursuers, they finally caught up with him.
Voice of the Martyrs Canada confirms that on August 21, Islamic militants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia found Mohamed Ali Garas, a prominent Somali church leader and convert from Islam, and beat him severely.
Five years ago, Garas fled his Somali homeland. VOMC’s [...]
BOONE, N.C. /Christian News/ — International aid worker Flavia Wagner was released today after being held hostage for 105 days in Sudan. The 35-year-old employee of international relief organization Samaritan’s Purse is exhausted but in good health and currently in Khartoum.
Initially, two Samaritan’s Purse employees and a Sudanese driver were abducted at approximately 5:30 p.m. [...]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CDN) — Authorities have recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban in the flood-ravaged country, area officials said.
Swat District Coordination Officer Atif-ur-Rehman told Compass that the Pakistan Army recovered the bodies of the three foreign flood-relief workers at about 7 [...]
Afghanistan (MNN) ― On August 10, we reported that CURE International was mourning the loss of 10 humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan. Despite the terrible loss, CURE remains in Afghanistan with more commitment to the war-torn country than ever.
The health care situation in Afghanistan is dire. While the U.S. basks in the luxury of 26 [...]
Afghanistan (MNN) ― On August 10, we reported that CURE International was mourning the loss of 10 humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan. Despite the terrible loss, CURE remains in Afghanistan with more commitment to the war-torn country than ever.
The health care situation in Afghanistan is dire. While the U.S. basks in the luxury of 26 [...]
Afghanistan (MNN) ― On August 10, we reported that CURE International was mourning the loss of 10 humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan. Despite the terrible loss, CURE remains in Afghanistan with more commitment to the war-torn country than ever.
The health care situation in Afghanistan is dire. While the U.S. basks in the luxury of 26 [...]
Burma (MNN) ― The United States officially backs a Burma “war crimes” panel and inquiry.
President Barack Obama supports the creation of an international commission that will investigate war crimes allegedly committed by the ruling military junta.
The announcement comes as part of an effort to put Burma on a path to reform, to achieve credible elections [...]
Islamabad, Pakistan /Christian News/ — As the humanitarian need in Pakistan continues to grow, World Vision says fundraising efforts are falling short and its relief efforts could be jeopardized. The initial target for World Vision is to help 300,000 of those living in the hardest-hit areas, a fraction of the estimated 20 million people who [...]
CUBA /Christian News/ — Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling on the Cuban government to allow Reina Luis Tamayo Danger, the mother of Orlando Zapata Tamayo who died in Cuban prison earlier this year, to attend religious services and to cease their harassment of Tamayo Danger and her family.
Since the beginning of August, on consecutive Sundays, [...]
