Africa

• 1 February 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - "The need to face the challenge of national reconciliation immediately" ask the Bishops Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Bishops and for the majority of Malians the main challenge is the reconciliation of the nation," says to Fides Agency Don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of ...
• 1 February 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - One of the five countries in the world where there is 50% of maternal mortality Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Every year, about 25,000 women die from complications during childbirth, and another 500 thousand suffer long-term disability due to pregnancy and birth complications. This is what emerges f ...
• 1 February 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Negotiations with the M23 cannot alter the Constitution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the dialogue between the government delegation and the March 23 Movement (M23), being held in Kampala, new divergences appeared and the suspension of dialogue was feared. In particular, the ...
• 31 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - About 300 Sudanese refugees arrive in South Sudan every day. The UNHCR is preparing a new refugee camp Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 177,000 refugees from South Kordofan hosted by South Sudan, particularly in the settlement of Yida (which only accommodates 61,000 people) in the State of Unity. To cope with t ...
• 31 January 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Two religious communities forced to leave Cyrenaica, complaint by Mgr. Martinelli, "In coming days we expect difficult times" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Two religious communities leave Cyrenaica after being pressured by fundamentalists" is the complaint made to Fides Agency by His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Trip ...
• 30 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Funding for AIDS drugs have halved while the Country must cope with flood damage Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The contributions donated by the International Fund to Fight AIDS have halved, it is a real alarm. The funds allowed nearly 500,000 people to regularly get ARVs" is Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba’s c ...
• 30 January 2013
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Marriages between adult men and minor girls still go unpunished Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of early marriages between adult men and young girls still children, continues to be very serious in the world. Recent data highlight that about 70 million women between 20-24 yea ...
• 30 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Despite the peace agreements, violence against civilians continues Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the peace agreements and the appointment of a Prime Minister in charge of forming a government of national unity, in the Central African Republic incidents of looting and violence aga ...
• 30 January 2013
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Over 50 thousand people displaced due to the floods Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Following the heavy rains that are flooding the southern part of Mozambique, where already a decade ago, hundreds of people died, local authorities have planned the evacuation of 50 000 people. S ...
• 29 January 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops denounce serious violations of human rights, "the Country is not in a state of emergency" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The respect and protection of human rights in our Country is deteriorating at an alarming rate," say the Bishops of Zambia in their last Pastoral Letter, sent to Fides Agency. The document makes ...
• 29 January 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram declares ceasefire in Borno State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Boko Haram, or at least a part of this jihadist group that operates in northern Nigeria, has agreed to a ceasefire. According to the website of the newspaper "Nigerian Tribune", a group suspected ...
• 28 January 2013
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The national stock of essential goods destroyed in the fire of the central market in Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Traders have lost everything and the national stock of essential goods has been destroyed. Now skyrocketing prices will rise and people unfortunately pay the consequences," says to Fides Agen ...
• 28 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The population of the cities liberated are celebrating Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "In the region liberated by jihadist groups, the population is celebrating" says to Fides Agency don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, where the French and Ma ...
• 26 January 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 2013 State budget: social spending increases but those for the defense are still remain very high Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The state budget in 2013 in Angola, approved by the National Assembly on January 15, is 6.6 trillion kwanza (about 69 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 50% compared to 2012. The Government ha ...
• 25 January 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 asks to review the 2011 elections; "on what basis if it does not have popular consensus?" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the points that the M23, the guerrilla movement active in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), has asked to discuss with the government of Kinshasa in the ongoing negotiatio ...