Africa
Zimbabwe officials to investigate typhoid outbreak
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/1/2012
Health officials in the African nation of Zimbabwe have called for an overhaul of the national water and sanitation systems. There has been an unprecedented outbreak of typhoid in that country that has affected more than 1,500 people. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Zimbabwe Health ...
Al-Shabab bans Red Cross from stricken sections of Somalia
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/1/2012
Somalia's militant Islamist organization has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross from that African nation's most stricken areas. In a statement, al-Shabab declared that it had "decided to fully terminate the contract" of the RED CROSS, claiming the organization had handed ...
Zimbabwe could adapt Chinese currency for its own
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/27/2012
The Chinese and the Chinese government have infiltrated all forms of life in the African nation of Zimbabwe - from its trendiest stores to its poorest slums. If some senior government bureaucrats have their way, the country could soon find itself adopting the Chinese Yuan as its official ...
Promises made to displaced farmers in Kenya not honored
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/25/2012
Thousands were displaced by Kenya post-election in the years 2007 and 2008. Many have taken refuge on lands northwest of Nairobi, where their government has promised them one-acre farms to till. Many of those promises have remained not kept many years later. The government says that many of ...
Thousands dead in inter-ethnic fighting in South Sudan
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/25/2012
South Sudan has been riddled with violence ever since declaring its independence from Sudan. Fighting between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes have left thousands dead, and humanitarian aid to the area has been hampered on account of its isolated location. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic online) - The ...
178 people killed in bombings in Nigeria
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/23/2012
The death toll from the latest series of terrorist bombings in Kano, Nigeria has climbed to 178, and may climb even higher. Coordinated bombings and gunfire tore through Nigeria's second-largest city, by far the deadliest attack by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram to date. LOS ANGELES, ...
Many Somali men return home to work farmlands
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/19/2012
East Africa has been devastated by drought and famine for the past six months, sending many Somali families to pour into nearby refugee camps. There is a positive sign amid all the starvation, however: many Somali men are leaving the camps to work their farmlands back at home. Seasonal ...
European tourists killed in terrorist attack in Ethiopia
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/19/2012
Five European tourists were shot and killed in a terrorist attack in northern Ethiopia. Two people were wounded and two others were kidnapped in the attack. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Calling the attack "an act of open terrorism," officials say that the gunmen came from neighboring ...
Railway to improve goods delivery between South Africa and Swaziland
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/17/2012
A railway line, over 90 miles will be built between South Africa and Swaziland to help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries. South Africa's Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba says that South Africa will pay 1.5 billion of the two billion dollars the railway ...
First female tomb unrelated to royalty found in Valley of the Kings
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/16/2012
According to Mansour Boraiq, the top government official for the Antiquities' Ministry in the city of Luxor, the most recent archaeological find is the only tomb of a woman not related to the ancient Egyptian royal families. Discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Egyptian and Swiss ...
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