African Bishops Try to Stop Brain Drain

(08 Sept 09 - RV) Turning the brain drain into a brain gain for Africa – that is the goal the bishops of West Africa set themselves in their recent Plenary Assembly.

Shocked by the deaths of so many of their young people who hazard dangerous Mediterranean crossings in their attempts to reach Europe, and the emergence of xenophobia in some European nations towards Africans, the bishops have come up with a strategy to encourage their youth to stay at home.

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer Buckle of Accra, Ghana says their focus will be on the role of governments and the role of parents...