Special Reports Archive
2003
Africa's Suffering Children (Spring 2003)
Each day in Sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of young children are dying. The saddest part about this incredible crisis is that many of these deaths are happening needlessly. Immunization, nutrition, clean water and simple, basic health-care monitoring and treatment could save the lives of thousands of children every day. Read More>>
2002
Only a few years ago, some experts were forecasting that the number of orphaned children living in Africa would not reach 20 million before the end of this decade. Now, they know those predictions were grossly underestimated. Read More>>
What has been described by many as the "worst drought in living memory" now threatens to claim the lives of millions unless food, medicine and other forms of relief can reach those most at risk. Throughout Eastern and Southern Africa, millions of poverty-stricken residents are struggling to hang on to life. Read More>>
More than 300,000 people evacuated Goma, one of the Congo's largest cities, with tens of thousands of those whose homes were destroyed being forced to set up refugee camps in neighboring Rwanda. "Most of these people have lost everything," one reporter noted as he witnessed the stream of people leaving the region. "Some are even saying that they have lost hope." Read More>>
At the dawn of a new millennium, the continent that some say witnessed the birth of the first human civilizations -- may be dying. As widespread drought, starvation and the unchecked spread of deadly diseases continue -- the numbers of people dying on a daily basis throughout Africa is staggering. Read More>>
2001
Results from a recent study of current living conditions throughout Africa report that more than one billion people do not have enough clean water to provide for their basic human needs. As a result, more than 2,500 children are dying each day. Read More>>
"There has been nothing like this throughout history," one official remarked. "In less than 10 years, one third of the children in sub- Saharan Africa will have lost their parents to diseases such as AIDS!" "While this is tragic now," declared a U.S. Government spokesperson, "it is going to have an incredible impact for generations to come. Think about it," he continued, "an entire generation of children is growing up undernourished, poorly educated and without the support of a family. We can only guess as to the horrific long-term consequences." Read More>>
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