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34 African countries spend more on debt payments than healthcare, education - Christian Aid Report

34 African countries spend more on debt payments than healthcare, education - Christian Aid Report

Africa Society & Culture

A report published by Christian Aid and its partners has revealed that more than half of African countries are spending a significant amount of their budgets on servicing debt at the expense of critical funding to sectors such as education, healthcare and infrastructure. The report titled Between Life and Debt reveals that African countries paid $85 billion in debt repayment to external creditors in 2023, the highest since 1998.

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    Europe Society & Culture

    Are we seeing the emergence of a new age of crusaders who think Christian nationalism is something to defend for God's sake? Eddie Arthur believes it is not at all appropriate. He goes on to argue that immigration is not the source of problems in the UK context, but it is the source of the revival of Christianity in the nation. In Christ, our eternal future is a multi-ethnic reality not a nationalistic pipe dream.

  • Parental advisory: the danger of smartphones for a child's faith

    Europe Society & Culture

    The screen dopamine snare is an epidemic among children who are provided access to smart phones and other portable smart devices. Research suggests numerous negative impacts but it will be some time before we have definitive findings. Much harm could be done in the meantime, however, to children's well-being and to their faith as they enter adulthood. We know enough now to make changes, but will it be too little too late?

  • What to do when people online are wrong—should Christians be political commentators?

    Europe Society & Culture

    It is not unusual to be triggered by an opinion or comments in mainstream or social media that we feel strongly against. The relatively anonymous nature of the internet feeds the urge to respond with a strong corrective. If we think we are representing Christianity well in this way, we do well to pause and think again, informed by these insights from an Evangelical political commentator in the United Kingdom.

  • The seductive allure of Cultural Christianity — so near yet so far

    Europe Church & Missions Society & Culture

    Cultural Christians are those who embrace the ethics of Christianity that formed the foundation of Western society, which has brought a great deal of benefit to the world. They are convinced of the Christian message but not committed to the Christian Lord. In his first opinion for Christian Daily International, J.John says that Cultural Christianity provides wonderful opportunities for sharing the gospel.

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