«In sub-Saharan Africa, a child under 5 dies every 30 seconds from malaria,» stated an article in today’s Italian edition of the Vatican’s semiofficial newspaper.
«In southern Africa, one out of every three persons dies of malnutrition and, in the region, the population that depends on emergency food aid has increased in one year from 3.5 million to 8.3 million,» reported the paper.
«The G-8 leaders must undertake a race against the clock to help the populations of Africa,» said the front-page article. «Because time for Africans, above all for children, is not a path to the future but, too often, a cruel itinerary toward death.»
«There can be debates on the strategies to be adopted,» it added, «but we cannot allow the luxury of new deferments.»
