Articles for tag: Saharan Africa

November 23, 2008

Christian Standard

What Was the Congo Massacre?

By Bill Weber See the Main Article: “Only One Life”  In the 1960s the world witnessed the beginning of the end of colonialism in sub-Saharan Africa as one by one countries broke away from European administrative rule. In many of these countries, the transition to a national government was a very painful process. Wars were waged for independence as autonomy was rarely granted freely. The various ethnic groups and political parties of these divided nations vied for control. Conflict with the colonial powers often escalated to violent power struggles within the country. The changing landscape in Africa led to instability

July 6, 2008

Christian Standard

Your Church and AIDS: A Conference to Dispel Darkness

By Debbie Legg One woman”s church was expanding its missions program into India. Would it be addressing the AIDS issue? Two nurses had been on short-term mission trips. Could they get their congregation more excited about AIDS programs? A woman had lost her son to AIDS. Could she do anything locally for the AIDS community? A couple wanted to know, is there any good news in the battle against AIDS? The answer to all of those questions was a resounding “yes” at the Your Church and AIDS conference, sponsored by Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMF) and Fellowship of Associates of

July 6, 2008

Christian Standard

The Human Side of HIV/AIDS

By Judy Fish You can”t see it with the naked eye. Few of us encounter it on a daily basis. It”s not partial to one race of people, or age, or gender. And at a glance, for those newly infected, it”s impossible to know who carries the virus and who doesn”t. From its arrival in 1981, when it affected only certain groups of people in a few countries, HIV has grown into a global pandemic, and now claims the most lives of any infectious disease (see the box on page 5). For the developed world, HIV is primarily a disease

December 3, 2006

Christian Standard

AIDS in Africa: Kenya

By Milton Jones Can you imagine the headlines if a Boeing 747 crashed today? What if 18 747s went down instead? Can you envision the publicity of such a tragedy? And yet the equivalent number of people needed to fill 18 747s will die today from AIDS, the majority of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.* And the greater tragedy is that the same number will die tomorrow, and the next day, and on and on. The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa is the largest the world has ever seen. In response to this incredible tragedy, a tithe of the total offerings received

November 30, 2006

Christian Standard

Refusing to Look the Other Way

By Mark A. Taylor Every day. Every week. The ruin caused by AIDS is with us like the air we breathe. I want to ignore the numbers, but I can’t. According to World Vision, 6,000 children are orphaned by AIDS every day . If the sum total of these children orphaned so far “held hands, they would stretch five and a half times across the United States. By 2011, this virtual chain will reach around the world.”* And that’s just the beginning. World Vision also reports that AIDS claims as many lives every week as the total number of American

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