This Was Only January 2020 – There Is Cause for Concern
How many of these global events that took place in the last 31 days, January 2020, do you remember? The world is changing. Are you paying attention?
Growing Violence in West Africa
In today's podcast episode we are joined by Dr Idayat Hassan Director for the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr Hassan explains the growing violence in West Africa including Mali,...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Timeline
THIS PAGE TRACKED THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS FROM JANUARY TO MAY 2020. THIS PAGE IS BEING ARCHIVED AT THIS TIME. DAILY UPDATES CAN STILL BE FOUND HERE.
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Understanding the Libyan Civil War
Since 2011 Libya has been torn apart by civil war. Today the Libyan Civil War is approaching a dangerous threshold of breaking out into a wider regional war with Turkey, Russia and various European...
Mystery Illness in China
On December 12, 2019, in the city of Wuhan, China (population 11 million) a new disease was identified. Authorities have described it as a "virus never seen before in humans" and it is the...
The Death of Qassem Soleimani
Who was Qassem Soleimani? What are the implications of his death at the hands of a US airstrike this past Thursday? In today's podcast discussion JB Shreve is joined by Jonathan Webster and Jerusha...
The Decade in Review
Our final podcast episode of 2019 looks at the decade in review. For better or for worse, the second decade of the 21st century was packed with history-making events and actors.
In America this decade...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian theologian, pastor, writer, and ultimately martyr. As Hitler and the Nazis rose to power in Germany in the 1930s and 40s Bonhoeffer was among a minority of voices who...
Emerging Crisis in the Sahel – Mali and Burkina Faso
Yesterday at least 14 people were slaughtered by terrorists at a church in Burkina Faso. This briefer explains the emerging crisis taking shape in Burkina Faso, Mali and the wider Sahel region of Africa.
In...
100,000 Deaths and Everything Else You Need to Know About the Yemen Civil War
In the last week of October, the civil war in Yemen reached a new measurable depth of horror and tragedy. The total death in Yemen’s civil war has now reached 100,000. That death toll...