Africa

• 28 November 2013
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Great Lakes civil Society at a meeting to consolidate peace Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The actors of civil society in the Great Lakes region have gathered since 25 November in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, to outline a common strategy to consolidate peace in the region. Accord ...
• 27 November 2013
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Southern African Bishops' Appeal for Peace in Mozambique Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Cautious opening of the Mozambican government 's with regads to the request of RENAMO (Mozambique National Resistance) to involve domestic observers in the dialogue to resolve the crisis that saw ...
• 27 November 2013
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Sister Nyirumbe, a Ugandan educator who empowers women and a girls who survived brutality at the hands of the LRA, will be recognized with an Honorary doctorate Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Sister Nyirumbe is helping women and girls weave a new beginning through education. Her vision and advocacy for this vulnerable population resonate deeply with the legacy of St Vincent de Paul, ...
• 26 November 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - " Despite the uncertainty of today I am confident that peace can explode" said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Popular pressure for social pacification is certainly a good thing, and I believe that in any moment peace can explode in Libya" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli ...
• 26 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Precarious situation in Central Africa; Paris announces the sending of other 800 soldiers Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, due to the spreading of rumors on the infiltration in the city of "anti Balaka", self-defense groups created to defend themselves agai ...
• 25 November 2013
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "The family is threatened by many forces" denounced the Africa Family Life Federation Port Louis (Agenzia Fides ) - "The family is now threatened by many forces and is under crisis. In the last two decades, there has been an acceleration of powerful financial support and external pressures on Africa to ne ...
• 25 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan’s prudence on the news of Christian women abducted by Boko Haram and forcibly converted to Islam Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - I have heard of these cases, but it is difficult to evaluate them because there are so many "rumours" ", says to Fides Agency Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Archbishop of Abuja, with regards ...
• 23 November 2013
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Family in southern Africa threatened by poverty but also by new media Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - Even in Africa, mass media and social networks are likely to fragment family life in many small separated and non communicating enclaves. This is what the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops in S ...
• 23 November 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Corruption Scandal: "Speedy prosecutions to regain the trust of donors" asks the Church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Do everything possible to clean up politics and administration in order to regain the confidence of international donors whose aid is needed to alleviate the suffering of the population. This ...
• 22 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "President, reinforce the presence of the State" is what civil society in North Kivu asks Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announced visit of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila in North Kivu was welcomed by local civil society with a statement sent to Fides Agency. "The visit which ...
• 22 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The existence of many Pentecostal churches is no impediment to the evangelization mission of the Catholic Church", said Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The existence of many Pentecostal churches is no impediment to the evangelization mission of the Catholic Church in the Country, neither is it a cause for panic. This was declared by Cardinal John ...
• 21 November 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Bishops: "heal the wounds caused by the political crisis" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is divided into two categories: the rich and the poor who sink into extreme poverty. Insecurity grows and people are no longer protected, the rule of law protects the strong ...
• 21 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Genocide is probably exaggerated, but anything could happen", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The term is probably exaggerated, but it is true that tension is so high that no one knows how the situation will evolve", says to Fides Fr .Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite who works in Bozoum in t ...
• 20 November 2013
  AFRICA - Thirty years of the Church’s commitment in Africa against AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty years of experience carried out by the volunteers and the various organizations of the Catholic Church in favor of women, men and children affected by the HIV epidemic in Africa have been co ...
• 19 November 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A senior Angolan wanted by Brazil for human trafficking Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian authorities have issued an international arrest warrant against a senior Angolan officer accused of being involved in trafficking of Brazilian women for prostitution in Angola, Sout ...