Violence leaves 100 dead in Nigeria
June 29, 2000
KADUNA, Nigeria — Violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria has claimed an additional 100 victims as the government tries desperately to restore a sense
Open season declared on priests in Nigeria
June 29, 2000
KADUNA, Nigeria — Muslim extremists have declared open season on priests in Nigeria, a Catholic leader told Catholic World News. Father Peter Yakubu of Kaduna
Flights suspended to New Guinea
June 22, 2000
MENDI, Papua New Guinea — Missionary Aviation Fellowship is suspending flights to three villages in Papua New Guinea after the hijacking of one of its
Church of Brethren sees decline
June 15, 2000
ELGIN, Ill. — The small Church of the Brethren lost 1,707 members in 1999, representing a 1.2 percent membership drop for a church that now
Despite advancement, African nation remains hungry
June 15, 2000
Nearly 8 million Ethiopians are affected by severe drought, reports the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and 2 million more might be affected
Baptists respond to emerging famine
June 15, 2000
Southern Baptists have mobilized to help some of the 7.7 million people threatened by an emerging famine in southeastern Ethiopia. And thanks to a
Apartheid activist begins jail term
June 8, 2000
CAPE TOWN, Africa — South African anti-apartheid activist and former cleric Allan Boesak began a three-year jail term for fraud and theft May 15 as
Sierra Leone losing religious relief workers
June 1, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Catholic relief Services has withdrawn its workers from strife-torn Sierra Leone where a number of United Nations peacekeepers have been killed.
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