African churches examine the impact of Chinese investment

by | Nov 23, 2007

A coalition of African and US Methodist church leaders have met to ask how African people and nations are being affected by Chinese long- and short-term investments in the region, often in exchange for mineral and mining rights. The discussion took place earlier this...

Bangladesh cyclone is race against time as winter approaches

by | Nov 22, 2007

The approach of winter in Bangladesh has intensified the race against time to provide blankets, food and shelter to thousands of people left destitute by Cyclone Sidr, says a leading Bangladeshi aid worker. With temperatures beginning to fall in some of the coastal...