Africa

• 7 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The army and the UN did not intervene to stop the massacre in Mutarule, HRW denounces Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The massacre of thirty civilians on June 6 in the village of Mutarule, in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could have been avoided (see Fides 12/06/2014), if the UN Peacekeepers ...
• 7 July 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than two thousand women widowed largely by the Boko Haram insurgency assisted by the Diocese of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The widows suffer a lot once the husbands are gone, they become neglected, most of the family members do not come close to them, let alone to help them. We have an obligation to take care of the ...
• 5 July 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – Healthcare and mobile school services for nomad pastoralists Jijiga (Agenzia Fides) - The pastors of the Somali Region, in the south east of Etiopia live breeding cattle, camels, cattle and goats. In the arid and drought-prone region, they are forced to move from one place to anot ...
• 4 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The first container of medicines of Caritas Somalia and NGO Perigeo on the road to the Somali government Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Somalia is one of the States where the highest rates of malnutrition and mortality rate are registered in the world. There are always so many and uncontrollable emergencies in the Country and ...
• 3 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 6 hospitals looted or burned in a few months, at least 58 people killed in the hospitals Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in hospitals and the destruction of medical facilities are denying medical services to many of South Sudan's most vulnerable people, said Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the report: "Sout ...
• 2 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO R.D. - The Bishops recall "the sacred duty to protect the nation and preserve peace" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of peace and hope to the Congolese people" was addressed by the Bishops of the African country at the end of the plenary Assembly of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO ...
• 2 July 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian crisis and lack of investment in social sectors affect 70% of children Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing conflict in 9 of the 18 States of Sudan continues to aggravate the situation of internally displaced persons and refugees. The phenomenon affects mainly children, in fact 70% of the ...
• 1 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Rustenburg says thanks for the help given to the miners who have concluded the strike Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We have received a great response to the appeal launched in favor of miners on strike", writes His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowling, Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa. The workers in the platinum ...
• 1 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Twelve thousand refugees in the Cathedral of Bambari, the Bishop's appeal to Fides Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We have welcomed at least 12,000 people in the Saint Joseph Cathedral who are still totally without any assistance" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Eduard Mathos, Bishop of Bambari, in the Ce ...
• 30 June 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Civil society organizes itself, but authorities do not always help", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still very fragile", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary, pastor in Bozoum, in the Central African Republic, where the crisis was one of the points ...
• 30 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks in the north: the Bishop of Maiduguri, "the human mind cannot understand what is going on" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There are no Catholic churches involved in yesterday’s attacks in the three villages near Chibok, the town in northern Nigeria where more than 200 girls were abducted in April by the Islamic ext ...
• 27 June 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Poverty and hunger, the consequences of an unjust economic system Wukro (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty in Africa is the result of a global economy based on injustice. Chronic hunger seems a completely normal phenomenon. "No one can imagine the horror of the consequences of poverty", says Fa ...
• 27 June 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Politics restarts a month after the election; "Transition towards normality is not easy", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were really chaotic also due to electoral fraud. The difficulties found were caused by a strong lack of preparation, by the difficulty to get the electoral apparatus to function, ...
• 27 June 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - An alleged kidnapper of the Italian missionaries and Canadian nun has been arrested Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The Cameroonian gendarmes arrested one of the alleged kidnappers of the two Italian priests and Canadian nun kidnapped on April 5 and released on June 1 (see Fides 05/04/2014; 05/05/2014; 02/06/ ...
• 26 June 2014
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Emergency continues for girls accused of witchcraft Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - In the Democratic Republic of Congo the high rate of poverty and widespread superstition lead to dramatic consequences: many girls are considered to be the direct responsibility of family misfort ...