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General Synod digest: Government rhetoric on religious freedom not enough, bishop declares

A MOTION on religious freedom around the world, calling for action by the Government, was carried by the General Synod unanimously on Friday

30 Apr 2021

Archbishop of Alexandria warns that dam project has reached a ‘potentially dangerous’ phase

THE crisis between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Blue Nile has “reached a new and potentially dangerous phase”, the Archbishop of Alexandria, Dr Mouneer Anis, said on Tuesday

09 Apr 2021

Global flower sales flourish, but workers’ pay is below poverty line, Fairtrade Foundation reports

THE flower industry is worth more than £6.7 billion a year to the global economy, and yet the majority of workers on flower farms are being paid at levels below the poverty line, the Fairtrade Foundation has said

26 Mar 2021

Archbishop Makgoba warns of genocide after more attacks in Ethiopia

26 Feb 2021

Thousands of refugees missing in Tigray

05 Feb 2021

Massacre ‘of 750’ reported in Aksum church complex, Tigray, Ethiopia

15 Jan 2021

UN launches appeal for thousands who have fled homes in Tigray region of Ethiopia

31 Dec 2020

Second coronavirus wave hits South Sudan

27 Nov 2020

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20 Nov 2020

Dam progress dries up in Egypt

13 Nov 2020

Pastors ‘left destitute’ owing to coronavirus

23 Oct 2020

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