AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Constitutional referendum and elections announced
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – A referendum will be held on November 17 to approve the new Constitution of Madagascar and on December 20, there will be municipal elections. The presidential elections are scheduled for ...
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Augustinians celebrate 25 years in Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – In September 1985, the first four Augustinians, two from Australia and two from England/Wales, arrived in Korea, thus responding to the invitation of the then Bishop of Incheon, William McNaught ...
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Bishops condemn violence against Guarani-Kaiowa
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, September 22, the bishops of Brazil called for an urgent government intervention to stop the "armed attacks" that are being conducted against two communities of Guarani Indians in ...
ASIA/THAILAND - Aquaculture is vital to food security in Asia
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – "We have to produce 30 million more [metric] tons of fish - 50 percent more - by 2030 or people will not be able to eat," said Rohana Subasinghe, a senior aquaculture specialist for the Food a ...
23 September 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cholera continues to spread in northern Nigeria
Kano (Agenzia Fides) – Poor diagnostics and weak surveillance are hampering government efforts to stem cholera in Nigeria. The disease is most severe in the north; as of September 8, 781 people have died and 13,000 cas ...
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Indigenous Christians denied right to build church
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - A small evangelical Christian community in the state of Kelantan (northeast of Peninsular Malaysia), composed of the indigenous group “Orang Asli,” has been denied the right to rebuild ...