Month: April 2020

A Billion Candles Against COVID-19 Darkness

In a country where the majority of the population is Hindu, the Prime Minister drew on the Hindu diya or light-prayer to strengthen national resolve in fighting the virus. will resonate well with prayers for redemption from all evil, by Uganda and other countries of the Christian world, whose holiest week started on Sunday 5th of April

Sikhs in Afghanistan: Under Siege

The IS, perhaps chose to target the Sikhs to drive home the point that they too exist in the power equation in Afghanistan.  The IS’s central group operates in Afghanistan through Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K). Territorially, the IS may have diminished and its hierarchy remains uncertain post the death of Abu-Bakr Al Bhagdadi in October last year.