Africa Archives

Three African countries show varied preparations for COVID pandemic

Mar 31, 2020

Caritas Ghana has put in place a nine-month emergency response plan with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to ensure that the poor and vulnerable receive critical and basic services in the two archdioceses most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

By Damian Avevor

Catholic aid worker calls on leaders to be ‘factual, accurate’ after chloroquine overdose in Nigeria

Mar 28, 2020

An official for a Catholic aid agency in Nigeria says international leaders “have a moral obligation to ensure that information they pass out to the public is factual, accurate and evidence-based,” after three Nigerians overdosed on chloroquine after President Donald Trump endorsed it as a treatment for COVID-19.

By Crux Staff

Catholic aid workers prepare for coronavirus pandemic to hit East Africa

Mar 25, 2020

Strained health systems, access to clean water and limited hygiene supplies are some of the challenges facing East Africa as it prepares to face the coronavirus pandemic, according to a representative of Catholic Relief Services.

By Crux Staff

South African Jesuit: Informal settlements ‘perfect storm’ for COVID-19

Mar 24, 2020

Africa’s informal settlements, where running water is scarce, make for a “perfect storm” as COVID-19 spreads through the continent, said a prominent South African Jesuit.

By Bronwen Dachs

African Church leaders take measures as continent prepares for coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

The African continent could easily become the next frontier in the COVID-19 pandemic, with the World Health Organization’s regional director, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, calling the spike in COVID-19 cases in Africa an “extremely rapid evolution,” and urging the continent to “wake up.”

By Crux Staff

African bishops call for ‘binding’ international treaty on transnational corporations

Mar 2, 2020

Catholic prelates in West Africa have called for the establishment of “legally binding instruments to regulate the activities of transnational corporations.”

By Crux Staff