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  Evangelical fellowship of students provides hope and healing amid rising terrorism in Burkina Faso

  Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa with a population of around 23 million, has faced escalating violence and instability over recent years, positioning it as an epicenter for terrorism in the region. This has had significant effects on its citizens, including the evangelical Christian community. Still, believers persevere by praying, reflecting on Scripture and providing hope and healing amid the trauma.

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  US Surgeon General advocates for tobacco-style warning labels on social media platforms

  In an opinion article in the New York Times yesterday, June 17, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has urged immediate action to address the escalating mental health crisis among young people exacerbated by social media. Drawing from his experience in emergency medicine, he emphasized the urgency of the situation: "In an emergency, you don’t have the luxury to wait for perfect information. You assess the available facts, you use your best judgment, and you act quickly."

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  'I wanted to find Christ, and I found Him', says former First Lady of Panama in video testimony

  Panama’s former First Lady Lorena Castillo, Juan Carlos Varela’s wife (Varela was President of Panama from 2014 to 2019), said in a video shared on social media that she “wanted to find Christ, and found Him … a year and a half ago”. “I have always searched for more, more spirituality, something that would fill my professional and material life. Because though I had it all, I felt so empty… So, so empty, so I decided to study the Bible”, Castillo shares in the video.

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  Nigeria’s Christian leaders extend hands of fellowship to Muslims on Islamic festival of Eid el-Adha

  As Muslims across the globe celebrate this year’s Muslim festival of Eid el-Adah, also known as, Eid-el-Kabir, on Sunday, 16 June, 2024, Nigeria’s Christian and political leaders have extended hands of fellowship to Muslims in the country, calling for reconciliation, understanding, and peaceful coexistence.

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  Bail granted to suspects in killing of Christian in Pakistan

  Due to sloppy police investigation and pressure from an Islamist extremist party, a judge last week granted bail to at least 52 Muslims accused of killing a Christian man over a false blasphemy accusation, sources said.

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