Times LIVEZimbabweans watch #FeesMustFall with admiration, envyTimes LIVEIn a country where riot police have routinely crushed demonstrations, some Zimbabweans are watching South Africa's #FeesMustFall student protests with admiration and something approaching envy.and more »

Times LIVECongo opposition calls off protestTimes LIVECommenting on the situation in Congo, French President Francois Hollande Wednesday urged President Sassou to "calm tensions". File photo. Image by: ANIS MILI/REUTERS / Reuters. Congo's opposition has said it will obey a ban on public demonstrations ...and more »

Everything you need to know about the anti-LGBTQ World Congress of Families (WCF)Southern Poverty Law CenterIt maintains a massive web presence and produces several programs that air on Christian radio stations around the world. In addition to its Colorado Springs, Colorado headquarters, FOTF has affiliate offices in South Africa, Australia, Canada, Costa ...and more »

Patheos (blog)8 Reasons the Worship Industry Is Killing WorshipPatheos (blog)I grew up listening to contemporary Christian music. I've still got the Michael W. Smith cassette tapes to prove it. For a Baptist homeschooler, there was really no other option, it seemed. Our church was also contemporary, but in the late 80s and ...

Crosswalk.com (blog)Are Christians Ashamed of the Bible?Crosswalk.com (blog)When you think about it and look at factories in Asia, Africa, all around the world TODAY - don't most of the people working there live like slaves? Very often the factory they work at is in fact the only place around where they can get a job. They are ...and more »

EconomyWatch.comPart Two: The US Evangelical Roots of African HomophobiaEconomyWatch.com“Anyone visiting Christian Africa would be shocked by the number of Christian radio stations spreading the propaganda of the right-wing evangelicals. On the streets of Kampala and Nairobi, most of the Christian literature handed out comes from America, ...and more »

ChristianTodayEarly human beings made first trip 60000 years ago from Africa to China, not ...ChristianTodayForty-seven human teeth found in the Fuyan Cave in Hunan Province in China are pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on Oct. 14, 2015. The trove of fossil human teeth from a cave in southern China is rewriting the history of the ...and more »

ChristianTodayChristian teacher abducted by al-Shabaab rescued in SomaliaChristianTodayA Kenyan Christian teacher has been rescued from al-Shabaab after being kidnapped by the Islamist militant group last week. Judy Mutua was rescued by the Kenya Defence Forces and Somalia National Army in Somalia on Friday following a shootout with ...and more »

Details of Pope Francis' trip to Africa revealedPremierThe Vatican has said that the Pope will arrive in Kenya in late November, staying in the capital Nairobi. More than ten events are planned during the Holy Father's stay, including a large Mass at the University of Nairobi, according to Catholic World News.and more »

Times LIVESlowdown in outbound M&A activity in sub-Saharan AfricaTimes LIVESouth Africa's overseas acquisitions accounted for 64% of sub-Saharan African outbound M&A activity‚ while acquisitions from Mauritius and Seychelles companies accounted for 27% and 6%‚ respectively. Inbound M&A also saw a decline‚ down 6% to ...and more »

Times LIVEMeyer keeps faith with 'warrior' du PreezTimes LIVEThe two-time world champions trailed 19-18 at Twickenham when No 8 Duane Vermeulen's flicked pass was collected by du Preez, who sprinted in on the blindside for a try that saw South Africa to a 23-19 win. It might have been very different had Meyer ...and more »

ChristianTodayLatest Virgin Mary 'miracle': Statue grows taller, smiles, cries inside ...ChristianTodayScreenshot from The Star Online video showing the 'miraculous' statue of the Our Lady of Fatima inside the grotto at the St. Thomas More church in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. A statue of the Virgin Mary is drawing crowds of people after visitors and even ...and more »

Times LIVEUS steps up intelligence aid to fight against Boko HaramTimes LIVE... fly sorties to bomb Boko Haram infiltrators. "It will be part of a broader regional effort to stop the spread of Boko Haram and other violent extremist organisations in West Africa," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday. The US forces ...and more »

ChristianTodayMore Christians killed, persecuted in Asia, Mideast and Africa in 2014 — US ...ChristianTodayThe killing and persecution of Christians increased in the Middle East, Africa and Asia last year, with the Islamic State leading the campaign of attacks, the US State Department said in this year's International Religious Freedom Report. In the report ...and more »

ChristianTodayReligious freedom under threat worldwide as abuses increase, US saysChristianTodayAnalysing almost 200 countries and territories worldwide, it said that religious minorities were "disproportionately affected" in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. "In these regions, religious intolerance and hostility, often toxically ...and more »

LGBTQ NationIs this Alabama Supreme Court justice the new Kim Davis?LGBTQ NationThe complaint cites comments Parker made on a Christian radio show. Parker criticized the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage and said states should serve as a check on federal power. The complaint quotes Parker as saying that resisting ...and more »

ChristianTodayEuropean Union plan to deport 400000 asylum seekers from Africa uncoveredChristianTodayMigrants holds a placard which reads 'No Forced Deportations' as migrants and refugees march with members of refugee aid organisations in the encampment known as the 'New Jungle' during a demonstration of solidarity in Calais, France, on Sept.

LGBTQ NationBus driver tells teenager his gay dads will go to hellLGBTQ NationJust this week our 15-year-old son's bus driver was listening to her “Christian” radio station while driving the school bus, giving him religious propaganda — in the form of a comic book — with Jesus as Superman and the rest of us poor citizens of ...

ChristianTodayEnd of world prediction wrong again, but Christian group still insists it did ...ChristianTodayThe Christian group earlier took to the streets of Philadelphia to announce its prediction of the apocalypse based on a previous claim made by Harold Camping, a Christian radio host who predicted that the world would end on May 21, 2011. After this ...Leader of Christian group adjusts Judgement Day predictionThe Voice Onlineall 13 news articles »

ChristianTodayThe end of the world has been postponed...ChristianTodayHe had based his predictions on a prediction made by Christian radio host Harold Camping, who had earlier said the world would end on 21 May 2011. Camping broadcasted his prediction that the world would end over his radio station, Family Radio.Leader of Christian group adjusts Judgement Day predictionThe Voice Onlineall 13 news articles »

Times LIVEConflict in Africa fuelling poverty and under-development‚ says MbekiTimes LIVE“When we speak of an African renaissance we mean the birth of an Africa that would have overcome a centuries-long negative legacy we have inherited from the extended period covering the years of the violent export of Africans as slaves‚ the years of ...

Christian Aid tentatively welcomes a week without Ebola in West AfricaPremierThe World Health Organisation says Ebola has killed more than 11,000 people since then, the vast majority of them in West Africa. A British national, aid worker Pauline Cafferkey, was also infected with the virus but survived after being treated in the UK.and more »

The GuardianBrazil's president Dilma Rousseff loses legal battle and could face impeachmentThe GuardianBrazil's besieged president, Dilma Rousseff, has lost a major battle after the federal audit court rejected her government's accounts from 2014, paving the way for her opponents to try to impeach her.and more »

The InquisitrThe World Will Be 'Annihilated Forever' Today, Claims US Christian GroupThe InquisitrAs if we have not had enough prophecies about Earth meeting its doom already this year, an online Christian group has made the remarkable claim that Wednesday is going to be our last day on earth. This latest apocalypse prophecy comes on the heels of ...

Times LIVECentres for Disease Control and Prevention to be set up in AfricaTimes LIVEAnnouncing a health cooperation agreement between Africa and China, the two health ministers, Motsoaledi and Lin Bin, said they realised the importance of establishing a resilient health system in Africa, which would include the creation of the CDC.and more »