Ethiopian Cardinal Explains the Hard Realities Facing Many African Youth

Ethiopian Cardinal Explains the Hard Realities Facing Many African Youth
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel of Addis Ababa tells reporters that for most youth on the continent, it’s not modern technology that’s the challenge, it’s simply “a question of survival.”

OCT. 18, 2018

Edward Pentin

Immigration and its often-detrimental effect on youth has been a central focus of the Youth Synod, but a different and informative assessment of this issue and the other challenges many African youth face came from Ethiopia’s most senior prelate today.

Speaking to reporters, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel of Addis Ababa explained how most migration in Africa (80%) takes place within the continent and is often due to poor governance, corruption and conflict, fueled by the arms trade. (Source: NCR)