Africa

• 2 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The satellite images testify the heavy destruction in Baga Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - 2,275 buildings destroyed and 125 seriously damaged. This is the budget, of the military operation against a cell of Boko Haram carried out by soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF ...
• 2 May 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Food insecurity opens the door to tuberculosis Toliara (Agenzia Fides) - Malnutrition and tuberculosis (TB) are closely linked: the first weakens the immune system, increasing the vulnerability to the disease, while TB reduces appetite, worsens the absorption of micr ...
• 30 April 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is a small reality appreciated by all Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a small reality but our contribution to the social and spiritual life of the Country is appreciated by all," says to Fides Agency Fr. Hagos Hayish, Secretary General of the Episcopal ...
• 30 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Bishop Fahim Hanna: the meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros - to walk towards full communion between our Churches Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The next visit of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II to Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday, May 11, "could have important and positive results. I also hope that we can resume the thread o ...
• 30 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Six Bishops of the Province of Jos on a solidarity visit to Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are leaving for a visit of solidarity to the people of Maiduguri, severely tested by the violence of the Boko Haram sect," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Archbisho ...
• 29 April 2013
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - 3 out of 10 children are likely to die of malaria Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010, worldwide, there were about 219 million cases of malaria causing the deaths of 655,000 people. According to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization, Africa, where there ar ...
• 29 April 2013
  AFRICA/MALI – The situation improves but the plight of displaced persons and refugees is not forgotten Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Commission for Dialogue and Reconciliation has already begun its work, the safety conditions have improved and the civil administration is resuming its duties in the northern cities liberate ...
• 27 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 70 churches destroyed in the state of Benue Makurdi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church stressess a gloomy picture of the situation in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria: the social and religious crisis that crosses the region, more than 70 churches have bee ...
• 26 April 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Our leadership is intact" ensures the Archbishop of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Christian leaders in Southern Sudan have asked for clarification on the apparent tension between the leaders of the State when a month ago, President Salva Kiir had withdrawn the delegation of cert ...
• 26 April 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The South African Bishops "regret" the approval of the Protection of State Information Bill Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The South African Bishops "regret" the approval of the Protection of State Information Bill and ask President Jacob Zuma to refer it to the judgment of the Constitutional Court. In a state ...
• 25 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Controversy in Nigeria after the massacre in Baga Jos (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy fighting in recent days in the village of Baga, a fishing village on the shores of Lake Chad, in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, where at least 185 people have died, including many ar ...
• 25 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A month after the conquest of Bangui rebels continue to vex the population Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the conquest, on March 24, of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, by the rebels of the coalition Seleka, the situation is far from stabilized. While in Bangui mo ...
• 24 April 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Mgr. Martinelli is concerned about yesterday’s attack and saddened by the deaths of two nuns Tripoli (Agenzia Fides). "It was a terrible thing, the blast was felt in a radius of more than three kilometers. We are all on alert, even if the authorities are busy to restore security," says to Fides Agency His Exc. M ...
• 24 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Amnesty for Boko Haram, doubts of some bishops who criticize MEND, too Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches in Northern Nigeria, amd my diocese in particular, have been recording depletion in the number of faithful attending church services owing to Boko haram insurgencies," said His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA - Reception centers for 4,000 street children in the Sahel Segou (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, in order to survive, thousands of children are forced to beg on the streets. To cope with this latest emergency affecting the African continent, and to try to help vulnerable children, ...