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Forum calls for international conference on South Sudan

The ABLI forum has ended with a commitment to convene an international conference including representatives of the African Union and United Nations ‘to express solidarity’ with the plight of South Sudan.

Churches forget people with disabilities says professor

A leading Kenyan professor today criticised Africa's churches for failing to provide for and accommodate the needs of people with disabilities.

Prayers are said for South Sudan

As the ABLI conference in Nairobi, Kenya, came to an end today, prayers were said for South Sudan.

Africans expect their leaders to be corrupt says top judge

A leading judge from Uganda slammed leadership across the continent today.

The African leaders fighting corruption

Africa’s leaders can be the source of its problems, says Kenya’s deputy president. But could they also be the answer? Meet the African leaders looking to the Bible for help... 

‘The most dangerous place in Nairobi’ is now a natural haven

The Karuna Forest forest was once Nairobi's most dangerous place. But now members of Bible Society are planting trees there...

How the Bible helps when at sea – literally

Months from home and far from family, we're giving Bibles to seafarer who dock in the UK. Here's how it's having an impact...

The first dyslexia friendly Gospel

1 in 10 people in Britain has dyslexia and struggles to read, especially the thin, crowded pages of a Bible. But last year we released a dyslexia-friendly version of Mark’s Gospel. Find out what difference it’s made to...

Marathon Bible-reading event gets underway

A marathon 75-hour reading of the entire Bible is taking place at Winchester Cathedral this week. The event, sponsored by Bible Society, sees locals read the whole Bible from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Revelation...

A day in the life of a Bible translator

Oldi Morava is translating the Old Testament into Albanian. We asked him about his average day.

Ever met a Bible translator? Introducing Oldi...

When communism fell in Albania and Christianity began to grow, people were hungry for the Bible. Oldi, who became a Christian as a teenager, first read the Bible in the language of his missionaries. But now he's translating...
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