Leprosy. AIFO: “The sick only heal if embraced”

A total of 182,815 leprosy cases were recorded worldwide in 2023, representing a 5 per cent increase over the previous…

Mozambique. Number of displaced in Cabo Delgado hits new high of 950,000

Miriam Ruscio representing the AVSI, an NGO operating in Mozambique since 2010, reports to SIR on the situation from Pemba,…

Missionaries, new martyrs on the frontier of COVID-19. Three stories from Africa

The stories of three Italian missionaries recently killed by the virus while offering support to the poorest inhabitants of Mozambique,…

Vaccines: a mirage for Africa. Under-resourced and with inadequate facilities

Covid-19: Africa is likely to face a long wait to receive free vaccines, amidst poor quality healthcare services and insufficient…

Mozambique: Cabo Delgado, the missionaries and the plight of refugees fleeing from violence

The first-hand account of Don Silvano Daldosso from the missionary diocesan centre of Fidei donum of Verona, Italy, serving in…

Alfabetizzazione: Comunità di Sant’Egidio, “scuola è priorità assoluta”

Africa: “low-intensity wars” are deadlier than the coronavirus

Militia and guerrillas are rife in Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mozambique. Weapons and violence give no respite to…

Coronavirus: 39 cases and no deaths in Mozambique. The missionaries “extreme caution and deep hope”

The number of deaths caused by Covid-19 in Africa has risen to 1,197 in the last few hours, with over…