No winner

Source: BBC Mo Ibrahim said only exceptional leaders will get the prize There is no winner this year for the world’s most valuable individual prize – the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa. Read More:

Tripoli prison suffers mass breakout

Source: BBC The prisoners are said to be of various nationalities and officials say about 60 have so far been recaptured. It is not clear how the breakout happened. Al-Judaida is one of Tripoli’s largest jails. Human rights groups accuse officials of abusing inmates. The mass escape comes less than […]

“Religion often seems a problematic issue”

Christoph Bochinger, a professor of religious studies, sees no countertrend to ­secularisation, with the result that the churches have lost their role as leaders on ­matters ­relating to values and ­conscience. Interview by Matthias Herren “Swiss review”: The Catholic and ­Reformed Protestant Churches have ­steadily been losing members for decades. […]

‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’

Huff Post: The Archdiocese of New Orleans is responding to the high rate of violence and murder in the Crescent City with a basic Biblical reminder that reads: Thou Shalt Not Kill – God. This week the diocese will be distributing 5,000 signs to its parishes to be distributed to […]