Somalia in Crisis

(22 Nov 08 - RV) The lawless country of Somalia, in the Horn of Africa has seen an alarming surge of violent unrest and piracy in recent weeks, and is now on the verge of humanitarian catastrophe, with drought and famine adding to the hardships of war and anarchy.

The Apostolic Administrator for Mogadishu, Bishop Giorgio Bertin, says Somalia’s troubles are the result of a complex convergence of causes…