Nowhere is Africa’s curse of riches more vividly on display than the Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid their own grinding poverty, Congolese see foreigners living very well and, with the recent exception of U.N. troops and relief workers, foreigners here have always been enriched by Congo’s soil, extracting its abundant gold, coltan, cobalt, copper or […]
Category: Africa
Congo Prepares for First Free Elections
Mission Aviation Fellowship
This story originally aired on Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on July 11, 2006. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a missionary groups efforts to spread that gospel and humanitarian aid by connecting remote and difficult to reach parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo by small planes. […]
Uganda Works to Reduce AIDS Cases
Uganda is well known for developing the ABC program , abstinence, be faithful, and condoms, to combat AIDS. This has been credited for the sharp decline that Uganda has seen in its HIV infection rates. More support for stressing the abstinence message is coming from the US and it’s been controversial. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the […]
Uganda Works to Reduce AIDS Cases
Since the 1980s, Uganda has been combatting the spread of AIDS and encouraging community support groups to help fight further developments. Click here to watch the video » Related Links Location Map […]
The Bookstore on a Ship
Darfur Update 2005
Truth and Justice in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is trying to come to terms with the brutal civil war that began in 1991 and only ended last January. […]
Crisis in Sudan
During the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan an estimated 200,000 thousand people have been killed and another 2 million have been driven from their homes. Click here to watch the video » […]
HIV Testing in Botswana
A New and Different HIV Testing Program
Developing nations are closely monitoring efforts in Botswana, the first African country to both routinely offer confidential HIV testing and provide AIDS drugs to all who need them. [showhide type=”transcript” more_text=”Read the Transcript »” less_text=”Close the Transcript”] JIM LEHRER: AIDS in the developing world. This week, thousands of delegates are meeting in Bangkok for the […]