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(ANALYSIS) I’ve been working on a book project for most of the year. The focus of the manuscript is the idea of religious polarization. Growing up evangelical and becoming a mainline Protestant has given me a really interesting perspective on how people perceive the religious landscape. For those of you who aren’t aware, mainline Protestants […]
A banned pesticide has been linked to the deaths of several children in South Africa, according to conclusive tests conducted by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday addressed the nation on the government’s plans to tackle the scourge of food-borne deaths across the country. According to the NICD, Terbufos […]
This feature by religion-beat veteran Emma Green is a must read. While activists on both sides might debate some details (gender dysphoria language, for example), the key is that the feature turns an accurate spotlight on strengths and fault lines in the Trump 2.0 coalition. A key player in the move toward a populist approach, […]
NATO official believes Russia can make three concessions for Ukraine conflict to end Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller believes that Russia can make three concessions to Donald Trump to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. Photo: мультимедиа.минобороны.рф by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, CC BY 4.0 In particular, she suggested using Germany’s post-war […]
Jack Smith plans to end prosecutions of Trump, resign before president-elect sworn in – report Justice department special counsel Jack Smith plans to end his two prosecutions of Donald Trump and resign before the president-elect takes office, the New York Times reports. Smith last year indicted Trump for allegedly plotting to overturn his 2020 election […]
Credible reports indicate that the Arakan Army committed crimes against the Rohingya in Buthidaung in May – but the group has managed to silence many of its critics among the resistance and civil society organisations. By FRONTIER Ko Maung Maung hid in his uncle’s house, watching from the window as Buthidaung town went up in […]
Freedom of religion or belief, a right that speaks to something so deep-seated in each of us that it practically defines what it is to be human, is under attack in many parts of the world. Repressive laws, exclusion, deportation, imprisonment and out-and-out genocide threaten the liberty of far too many religious communities in far too […]
James Stavridis has said he’ll vote for Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize if the President-elect can wrap up the fight in a day, as he boasted The Ukraine conflict will end with Russia taking approximately a fifth of the country’s pre-2014 territory, ex-NATO commander James Stavridis has predicted. Stavridis, a retired admiral who often appears on […]
The current shortage results from supply disruptions at Rand Water. Although they were hard at work to resolve the issues, some parts of Tshwane are still without water. The City of Johannesburg is also experiencing water challenges after several water pumping stations were hit by power failures. Residents also rely heavily on roaming water tankers […]
It didn’t take long for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to welcome Donald Trump’s reelection, describing it as “the greatest comeback in history.” His far-right coalition ministers, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, tweeted their excitement even before the election was officially called. Netanyahu was “among the first to call” the president-elect, his office said in a […]