RWAMWANJA, Uganda/ GENEVA, 2 February 2017 (LWI) - For months, teenage and youth refugees in Rwamwanja settlement have been practicing their singing, drama, dance, art and fashion routines. On 1 February, they…
Basic principles of international humanitarian law upheld
(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is grateful that basic principles of international humanitarian law were upheld when the High Court of Kenya ruled against the planned…
(LWI) – “This is the largest refugee crisis in Africa, and the third largest in the world. How many thousands have to come, how many people have to die until the international community wakes up?” – Jesse Kamstra, country representative of The…
A former house servant becomes an advocate against bonded labor
(LWI) It was a foggy November morning in Kailali district, western Nepal, when Basanti Chaudhary (32) received a phone call. Her brother-in-law told her that she had won the…
