IPC: Connections
USA and the potential for a Global Economic Downturn
The U.S. economy is going to fall into a recession next year, according to Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, and that’s not necessarily because of higher interest rates. “We will have a recession because we’ve had five months of zero M2 growth, money supply…
Pakistan Floods
Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned of a “humongous challenge” ahead following catastrophic floods in the country that have coincided with an acute financial crisis and a deepening political conflict between the government and former leader Imran Khan. After flood waters swept away settlements, pooled in low-lying areas and…
Ethiopia: Ceasefire under pressure
Fighting resumed last week in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, ending a month’s long cease-fire and burying hopes for a peaceful resolution of the country’s civil war. The conflict began nearly two years ago and has pitted Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal government against the region’s rulers, the Tigray People’s…
Nigeria: Increased violence against Christians
Lagos, Nigeria – On July 15, Reverend Fathers Donatus Cleophas and Mark Cheitnum were in the empty rectory of Christ the King parish in Yadin Garu, a town in the Southern Kaduna area of northwest Nigeria when five armed men walked in. The gunmen confiscated the phones of both priests,…
