AI-generated clip falsely claims Ethiopian pastor called on rebels to overthrow government

A bloody conflict between the Ethiopian army and rebels from the country’s northern Amhara region has escalated in 2025. Videos circulating online claim to show a well-known Ethiopian pastor calling ...
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Part 3 — Christianity Reclaimed: From Chains to Church

The cross, once carried in conquest, has been reclaimed as a symbol of solidarity. It no longer crowns emperors; it comforts the crucified. From chains to church, from plantation to pulpit, the faith ...
The Conversation

Ethiopia has struggled to build national unity: can its big new dam deliver it?

Namhla Thando Matshanda receives funding from the National Research Foundation. The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft in New York City

Upwards of 10,000 haredi Orthodox Jewish men protested on Sunday night outside the Israeli consulate in New York City against the conscription of Orthodox Jews in the Israeli military. The protest, ...
Houston Chronicle

Thousands of Orthodox Jews rally in New York to protest change in Israel's military draft rules

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews packed the streets and sidewalks for blocks around the Israeli consulate in New York City on Sunday to protest issues including a potential end of an ...