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  From food aid to food security: How reclaiming the Sahel desert is greening Niger and enhancing livelihoods

  A groundbreaking regeneration project in Niger, West Africa has proved successful in reclaiming land from the harsh Sahara desert turning it into lush arable land, feeding half a million people who had depended on food aid for years.

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  Assassinated lawmaker in Pakistan honored on anniversary of death

  Christian rights activists and church leaders in Pakistan vowed to step up efforts to protect persecuted Christians as they honored the memory of assassinated Christian politician Shahbaz Bhatti on Sunday (March 2), the 14th anniversary of his death.

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  Imprisoned Ukrainian priest transferred to labor camp in Russia

  An imprisoned Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest has been sent 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from his parish in Russian-occupied Ukraine to a hard labor camp in Russia to serve his 14-year sentence on false espionage charges, according to rights group Forum 18.

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  Renowned apologist and scientist Francis Collins announces retirement after decades of leadership in science and faith

  Christian apologist and globally renowned U.S. physician-geneticist Francis Collins has announced his retirement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which he led as director for 12 years before returning to laboratory work. Collins, 74, served as the 16th NIH director from Aug. 17, 2009, until Dec. 19, 2021, before stepping down to work in a laboratory at the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the NIH.

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  Church Mission Society's free Lent devotional series focused on hope

  The Church Mission Society (CMS) is offering a free Lent devotional series this Easter to encourage Christians to be hopeful in an ever-challenging and changing world. “How Not to Give Up” will be sent to subscribers starting Ash Wednesday, tomorrow (March 5), with one devotional sent per week until Easter.

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