BWAid supplying money for medical aid in Congo

June 5, 2003

BUNIA, North East Congo — Baptist World Aid (BWAid), the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), is sending $4,000 to cover

Mothers, kids fare best in Sweden, worst in Niger

June 5, 2003

WASHINGTON — Save the Children’s annual “Mothers’ Index” finds that mothers and children fare best in Sweden and worst in Niger. The fourth annual index,

Sudan declared free of human rights scrutiny

May 15, 2003

GENEVA — Special monitoring of human rights violations in Sudan will cease, according to a vote by the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) April

Christian defeats Muslim for Nigerian presidency

May 15, 2003

ABUJA, Nigeria — Christian incumbent Olusegun Obasanjo defeated his Islamic rival Muhammadu Buhari and 18 other candidates for the presidency of Nigeria. Both Buhari and

MAF missionary homes looted, vandalized

May 15, 2003

BANGUI, Central African Republic — Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) reports that its main facilities in Central African Republic (CAR) were recently looted and vandalized. A