Middle East & North Africa Archives - Page 40 of 44

Q and A Horn of Africa

6/10/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Somalia by Caritas Communications

What is the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa? In Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and nearby areas, a severe drought has led to massive numbers of people going hungry. Famine has been declared in several districts of Somalia. Because goats and cattle are dying of thirst and starvation, people who herd livestock are losing their ...

Recognise Palestine as step towards peace

15/09/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Claudette Habesch, General Secretary of Caritas Jerusalem Greetings from the Holy City of the Resurrection, City of Hope where life conquered death. This week will see an important event for us all in Palestine and Israel. The Palestinian Authority will request the United Nations to vote on the recognition of Palestine as a full ...

Fleeing Somalia: the men who kill for goats

27/07/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, North America, Refugees, Somalia, United States by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen “Aden, my oldest son, was four years old. He was watching our goats,” says Ahada, a Somali woman in her early twenties. “Men with guns came and wanted the animals. Aden shouted, ‘Don’t take our goats!’” Ahada’s small son was caught in the midst of the chaotic, seemingly never-ending war in Somalia. ...

Somalis face perilous journey to escape famine

25/07/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, North America, Refugees, Somalia, United States by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen, Death by starvation, death by lions and hyenas or death by armed bandits. Which do you pick? For refugees streaming out of Somalia, there’s no luxury of choice. They’re facing all three. Carrying babies in front and toddlers piggyback, clutching small plastic bags of belongings, thousands of Somalis are trudging barefoot for ...

Climate change in Algeria

20/07/2011 Advocacy, Algeria, Climate Change, Food, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

By Caritas Algeria staff Like many countries in Africa, Algeria has not been spared by the effects of extreme or unseasonal weather. Known for its arid and semi-arid climate, the region is highly vulnerable to changes in climate. Over the last 50 years, an increase in extreme weather events has been observed. Phenomena that bear ...

A Synod for the Middle East

7/07/2011 Catholic Teaching, Conflicts and Disasters, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

Recognising the need for a way for ward in peace and reconciliation, the first synod specifically dedicated to the Middle East was convened in October. Representatives from Caritas Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and Joseph Farah, the President of Caritas Middle East and North Africa (MONA) took part.

Caritas assessing needs of Syrian refugees

15/06/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding, Syria by Caritas Communications

Caritas Turkey is sending a delegation today to the border region of Hatay to gather information about the Syrian refugees who have crossed the border following the crisis in their country. Thousands of refugees fled to Turkey and also to Lebanon following military operations in their country as a result of recent popular unrest. “Caritas ...

Migrants blocked in camps at Libyan borders eager to go home

8/04/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Domestic servitude, Egypt, Emergencies, Labor exploitation, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Tunisia by Caritas Communications

Many migrant workers from Bangladesh had been living in Libya for a long time, often for several years. Most of them were employed in the construction sector, in the capital Tripoli but also in Brak, Misurata or Nalut.

The road to peace in the Middle East

29/03/2011 Advocacy, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Joseph Cornelius Donnelly, Caritas Internationalis head of delegation at the UN Where does the peace process begin – in which country in what ways and with whom? Such questions are constantly being asked everywhere around the world. From today in Jerusalem but already tomorrow in Kathmandu. From fifty years ago in the Congo to last ...

Jerusalem mourning

24/03/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Joseph Cornelius Donnelly in Jerusalem You can know much but know nothing. You can be near but be far. Realities are intensely complicated here. Details get reiterated daily for decades plus. But facts, hard carefully considered can be elusive when anyone from any of the myriad perspectives attempts to explain situations. However, today’s kind ...