The United Nations on Thursday issued a new appeal for $4.7 billion in funding to "protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries."

The South African government is seeking a $4.2 billion loan from the IMF to support its response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says that if there is appetite for nuclear power in the market, the SA government will pursue it over the next five years.

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On 11-12 September 2010, Zimbabwe auctioned diamonds from the controversial Marange mines. There was little international condemnation, especially compared to the controversy over the first sale of Marange diamonds in August. Since an export ban was imposed on diamonds from Marangein November 2009, the Kimberley Process has permitted Zimbabwe to hold two auctions, although the country has not been able to guarantee that widespread human rights violations in the mines and smuggling have stopped.

The situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating again under a new wave of political violence organised by Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, and the country faces another illegitimate election and crisis unless credible, enforceable reforms can first be implemented.

Slow and inadequate progress in implementing the compromise they reached three years ago threatens to push Zimbabwe’s contending forces into premature elections and undermine political and economic recovery.

Bold steps can be taken by the EU to ease sanctions while not rewarding recalcitrant behaviour by Zanu-PF leadership

To preserve Southern Africa’s relative peace in the face of rising challenges and threats, Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states must collectively reinforce its peace and security architecture.

The Sadc mediation process in Zimbabwe can be logically prescribed into three phases: the pre-2008 election phase; immediate post-2008 election; and the Global Political Agreement (GPA) phase.

Zimbabwe’s growing instability is exacerbated by dire economic decline, endemic governance failures, and tensions over ruling party succession; without major political and economic reforms, the country could slide into being a failed state.

A year after Zanu (PF)’s election victory and the formation of a new government, Zimbabwe’s politics and economy are increasingly precarious. Immediate prospects for a sustained recovery remain bleak, made worse by dire economic decline, endemic governance failures and tension over ruling-party succession.

Hailed as transitional by local observers, the latest polls were expected to usher in a new type of leadership in FRELIMO, with Filipe Nyussi being the first non-liberation northern leader in a southern dominated elite; they would also see opposition parties RENAMO and MDM alter their strategies and become more politically relevant; and would possibly be the last polls before the country became a mass resource-producing economy. However, the Presidential and parliamentary elections of 15 October have made the political setting, the prospects for improved governance and wealth redistribution more opaque, and the implementation of the new peace agreement harder.

Hope of Israel summer outreach team experiences opposition in Tiberius. However, it doesn't keep them from worshipping and sharing about Jesus.

A weekend camp provides young believers a chance to relax and rededicate themselves to the Lord.

A group of believers worshiping Jesus in public leads to the opportunity to share the Gospel with a young, religious Jew.

A Bible study led by OM team members prompts a special prayer...and God answers!

God gives an OM short term worker the perfect tract to explain the Gospel to an environmental activist.

A team of OM workers and local believers share New Testaments and relief packs of food in a Muslim village in Israel.

An OM short-term team worships God and engages in conversations about God in the public square of a city with an Arab majority in Israel.

A Jewish woman asks a pastor why is there suffering, if they are God's chosen people.

The Passover season leads to a young Israeli woman asking about the Passover Lamb.

An unexpected connection on a prayer walk leads to multiple opportunities to share spiritual truth with one Muslim family.

OM Israel is asking for more workers to join a team reaching out to Arabs.

An incorrect GPS coordinate leads a worship team to the end of the road, yet God has another route planned.

A Muslim man believes Jesus is the Son of God.

OM workers minister to drug addicts and women in prostitution on a Tel Aviv street.

A zeal for the Jezreel Valley overcomes fear and insecurity.

The Hope of Israel outreach team visits Yoqneam, a biblical city without a church.

Nathan Schmutz of Switzerland has enjoyed the challenge of immersing himself in a whole new culture.

OM Guatemala starts a new long-term project, to support families in deep poverty and change an entire community.

When specific medicine is not available during a medical outreach, OM Guatemala sees God miraculously provide for one mother in need.

In an annual OM Guatemala outreach, volunteers are challenged to leave their comfort zone and share God’s love in a different way.

With the desire to help those in need, OM Guatemala organises a free medical clinic in a red zone (high-crime) area in Guatemala City.

After years of prayer and patience, God answers the missionaries of OM Guatemala and sends an English teacher to give free classes.

A dream comes true when OM Guatemala starts a day-care ministry to feed and care for children of families in poverty, while the parents work.

OM Guatemala responds to the situation of members within a poor area, whose poverty and lack of information, lead to bad dental hygiene.