AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tensions in North Kivu on the eve of Ban Ki-moon’s visit
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30,000 refugees in camps in North Kivu (eastern DRC) have fled because of the fighting between the Congolese army and the rebels of the M23. This was stated by sources of the UN High ...
23 May 2013
AMERICA/PERU - A contribution to better understand the migratory situation
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Office for the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, in collaboration with the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), published a report, which provi ...
AFRICA/NIGER - Fear of further outbreaks of cholera in refugee camps
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - In Niger, a cholera epidemic has affected 248 people in Ayorou, in the northwestern region of Tillabéry. According to the health offices of Tillabéry and the United Nations Agency for Refugees ...
22 May 2013
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic student killed in the village of Kushpur
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - A premeditated attack, a young Catholic student was killed and two people were wounded: is the toll of the attack which took place in the village of Kushpur, in the district of Faisalabad, in ...
AMERICA/MEXICO - The phenomenon of child labor increases in Yucatan
Merida (Agenzia Fides) - Every year child labor in the Mexican state of Yucatan increases. In the streets of Merida, Progreso, Umán Kanasin there are children who beg, wash windows, sell sweets, chewing gum, chocolate.. ...