This week on ANN: a call for reconciliation amid religious extremism in Nigeria, a literacy program brings new opportunities to women in Rwanda, and hundreds of thousand of Adventist young people gear up for Global Youth Day.

This week on ANN: united prayer uplifts Adventist Ukrainians during a political crisis, Haiti’s first religious liberty festival draws thousands to Port-au-Prince, and major expansion projects for a hospital in Puerto Rico and a university in England.

This week on ANN: a new campus for the Adventist Church’s college in Fiji, public health outreach at the Sochi Olympics, and Adventist humanitarians in Zimbabwe help evacuate flooded communities.

This week on ANN: Adventist world church President Ted Wilson offers prayer and spiritual counsel to national leaders in Papua New Guinea, a call for tech innovation at this year’s GAiN conference, and the family of an Adventist doctor who went missing in Ukraine plan a service to celebrate his life.

This week on ANN: working to end domestic violence in Romania, why a proposal for work-life balance could backfire on religious minorities, and urban outreach in Italy meets practical needs.

This week on ANN: advocating for the end of a cultural practice that scars millions of young girls, Adventist churches serve as literacy centers in El Salvador, and remembering the first female seminary professor.

This week on ANN: a call for peace amid civil unrest in Ukraine, final recommendations to the Theology of Ordination Study Committee, and the president of Lebanon says Middle East University is helping meet the country’s education goals.

This week on ANN: Brazil’s biggest Adventist gathering brings thirty-five thousand young people to Sao Paulo, another Adventist is the victim of sectarian violence in Central African Republic, and Adventist humanitarians fight chronic malnutrition in rural Zimbabwe.

This week on ANN: freedom for an Adventist pastor who spent almost two years in prison, a refuge for vulnerable community members in London, and a leading think tank on religious liberty explores freedom of belief in an increasingly diverse society.

This week on ANN: one of the fastest-growing Christian denominations in the world hits a new milestone, a new satellite contract brings Adventist television to the Middle East and Adventist President Ted Wilson urges young people to demonstrate genuine Christianity.