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 ...
EUROPE/SPAIN - Special issue of “Palabra” on the Church in Latin America
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – During an event held yesterday, September 21, organized by the magazine “Palabra” and Centro Accademico Romano Fundacion (CARF), a special issue on “The Church in Latin America, Two Hundr ...
22 September 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Diocesan newspaper “Mar Adentro” now available online
Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) – The newspaper of the Diocese of Chimbote "Mar Adentro" is available on the website of the diocese every month. Through a new system, visitors will have access to the contents of the newspaper ...