IPC: Connections

Christ in the Feast of Tabernacles - Dr Jason Hubbard / Dr Darrell Johnson

In Leviticus 23:34-43, God instructed the people to build temporary shelters (sukkah) and to live or tabernacle in them for 7 days to remind them that God tabernacled among them in the desert.  The Feast was held in the fall where worshippers would live in little ‘huts’ or ‘tents’ to…

Covid Pandemic report – October 2021

As of 28th September the total global figure for people infected by Covid-19 stood at 232.3 million according to Johns Hopkins University. In addition to this, the recorded number who have died totalled 4,756,701.  Cases are falling steadily from a recent high point at at the end of August. 44.5% of…

Afghanistan: The reality of life under the Taliban

Taliban leaders claim the group has changed since it last controlled most of Afghanistan in the 1990s and have suggested it could be a more tolerant governing force. But interviews with more than two dozen Taliban fighters, commanders and leaders since the fall of Kabul reveal a movement possibly open to…

Ethiopia: Starvation stalks Ethiopia's Tigray

It has been nearly three months since the UN warned that 400,000 people across Tigray had "crossed the threshold into famine".  The situation has only deteriorated since then, as a de-facto blockade prevents most aid from getting in.  Now, after months of heavy fighting and massacres that have claimed thousands…