Sierra Leone has overturned a five-year law barring pregnant girls from going to school. The ban was introduced in 2015 as schools reopened after the Ebola crisis, which saw a rise in pregnancies among school-age girls. West Africa's top court ruled in December that the girls were discriminated against and their human rights violated. Teenage … Continue reading Sierra Leone overturns ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Month: Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Spain surpasses China COVID-19 cases as deaths rise to 7,340
The country's healthcare system struggles to cope, with convention centres turned into hospitals and an ice rink into a morgue. Spain went into a stricter lockdown on Monday to help alleviate its struggling healthcare system Spain has become the third country to confirm more cases of coronavirus than China - as its number of … Continue reading Coronavirus: Spain surpasses China COVID-19 cases as deaths rise to 7,340
Seek God’s Applause, not Human Approval
“As for human approval, this means nothing to me… How can you believe since you look to one another for approval and are not concerned with the approval that comes from the one God?” (John 5:41-44) If we are only concerned about human approval, we could end up like Aaron who bowed to the people’s … Continue reading Seek God’s Applause, not Human Approval
When There is No One to Defend You, God Steps in For Your Sake
“You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone that judge, but I and he who sent me.” (John 8:15-16) The story of Susana is a very touching story; a story that teaches us how God will … Continue reading When There is No One to Defend You, God Steps in For Your Sake
How the $2 trillion deal came together — and nearly fell apart
It was going to cost $1 trillion. Late on March 16, five days after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic, Larry Kudlow — the one-time cable news talker turned top economic advisor to President Donald Trump — was in the Senate’s historic Mansfield room, telling a group of senior GOP senators … Continue reading How the $2 trillion deal came together — and nearly fell apart
No Matter What, What You Believe is True
“Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your son will live.’ The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living.” (John 4:50-51) “No matter what they tell you, no matter what they do, no matter … Continue reading No Matter What, What You Believe is True
Nigerian reminds South Africa a debt of gratitude
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
“Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.” (Luke 15:31-32) The key to understanding the story of the Prodigal Son is to bear in mind that … Continue reading The Return of the Prodigal Son