Africa

• 7 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fighting continues in North Kivu despite the agreements in Addis Ababa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 people have lost their lives in fighting in the territory of Masisi and Rutshuru (90 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo). Thi ...
• 7 March 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The population of Mali finds hope again Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The military successes of the Franco-Malian troups (supported by those in Chad) in the north of Mali incourage people who see a possible way out from the crisis. "Not only jiahdisti groups were e ...
• 6 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Addis Ababa Agreement greeted with suspicion by the Congolese but there is good news Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Congolese people welcomed the agreement of Addis Ababa with a certain mistrust, because many other similar agreements had already been signed in the past, but with poor results," said the ...
• 6 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - The counts of the presidential election continues Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In Kenya the counting of the presidential election votes held on 4 March continues, albeit slowly. From the initial data so far available it appears that Uhuru Kenyatta is ahead with 53% , follo ...
• 5 March 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - One person was killed in a demonstration against the alleged killers of Sister Marie Emmanuel Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - One person was killed and 8-9 were wounded and three are in serious condition. This is the toll, still provisional, of today’s clashes, March 5, in Mandritsara in the north-east of Madaga ...
• 5 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops: "the respect for the constitutional order must be observed by all" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops say they are opposed to the revision of Article 220 of the Constitution which prohibits changes in the shape of the State. In a Memorandum to the President of the Republic ...
• 4 March 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Catholic priest attacked in Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest in Tripoli was attacked by armed militia men. This was reported by local sources Fides Agency according to which the fact happened on Saturday, March 2. "The situation is not g ...
• 4 March 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR – Deep emotion for the killing of a nun Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of a French nun caused deep emotion in Mandritsara in the north-east of Madagascar. Sister Marie Emmanuel Helesbeux was killed on 1 March in a village in Madagascar. "The nun was ...
• 4 March 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Catholic Bishop Fahim Hanna: U.S. politicians do not understand what is happening in Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The invitation to find an agreement to ensure the success of the Egyptians elections by the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to the North African country "cannot be regarded as ...
• 1 March 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Cardinal Naguib will attend the Conclave Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Antonios Naguib, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts, confirms to Fides Agency his participation in the Conclave, so far uncertain for health reasons. Hemorrhagic cereb ...
• 1 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The defense of human dignity is an obligation of faith," say the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The defense of human dignity is an obligation of faith and every action committed against it is an act against God. This is what the Bishops of Nigeria said in a statement issued at the end of the ...
• 1 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violent clashes between factions of the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violent clashes between rival factions of the M23 are underway in the region of Rutshuru, 30 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). In the aftermath of the ...
• 28 February 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Christian leaders: "We are extremely disturbed and greatly saddened by the electoral violence" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are extremely disturbed and greatly saddened by the violence and the loss of precious life in the heat of the recent campaigns for the Livingstone parliamentary by-election," said a statement ...
• 28 February 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Elections: Archbishop Lele’s appeal "avoid violence and ethnic discrimination" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Choose peace for our beloved Kenya, before, during and after the general election. We can only do that by transcending our ethnic affiliations, voting good leaders capable of serving people wit ...
• 27 February 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - From the Nuba Mountains to Uganda to receive new limbs thanks to the Catholic Church Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is sponsoring 20 amputees, all war victims, who suffered amputations in the war in the Nuba Mountains (Sudan) to reach a hospital in Uganda where they can get new implants. Thes ...