The government “has lost its moral legitimacy” and new polls are needed, the South African Council of Churches said.
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The ‘shame of poverty’ is colored by cactus fruit in Madagascar
Hunger is so severe in drought-ridden southern Madagascar that many people in remote villages have eaten almost nothing but cactus fruit for up to four years.
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The ‘safe and neutral space’ of Jesuit church closes amid South African university crisis
“Since genuine attempts to dialogue and find a resolution to the crisis seem to have ended, Trinity is regrettably no longer available as a venue for meeting,” the Jesuits said.
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Meet the Catholic missionaries who chose to stay in South Sudan, despite violence
“We stayed because we are committed to the ordinary people who are suffering so much.”
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CRS uses lessons learned from Ebola to fight Zika in Cape Verde
People in Cape Verde who live in densely populated areas without decent water and sanitation are at greatest risk of infection.
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Church leaders urge Zimbabwe government to heed citizens’ protests
Church leaders are alarmed by the “political, social and economic meltdown, which has caused untold suffering…”
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Most Zimbabweans find ‘life is unbearable now,’ priest says
Zimbabwe is “undergoing a very difficult patch, economically, socially, politically and spiritually,” church leaders said.
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Drought ravages Ethiopian communities, driving a rise in hunger
Alarming levels of hunger, caused by the worst drought in about half a century, has left about 10 percent of all Ethiopians—some 10 million in all—in need of food aid.
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Bishops says South Africans need ‘candid conversation on racism’
South Africans need to “acknowledge the link between race, power and privilege” and redress the economic inequalities brought about by past discriminatory laws and practices, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said in a March 7 pastoral letter.
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South Sudan bishop urges peace, says attack on nuns shakes church
Violence and fear-mongering seem “rampant in both church and society” in the northeast African country, said Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio. Five armed men, believed to be allied to South Sudan’s main rebel group, assaulted and threatened religious sisters at the Solidarity Teacher Training College in Yambio, the capital of the country’s Western Equatoria state, on Dec. 28.