Africa

• 10 December 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Cardinal Sarr remembers the Caliph of Tidjaniyya, "man of respect, man of God" Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "A man of relations, a man of God, whose wisdom revealed he was profoundly inhabited by God": said Cardinal Theodore Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, remembering in a message sent to Fides, Serig ...
• 7 December 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "The negotiation of Kampala must not compromise national sovereignty": Bishops’ warning Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "An agreement that compromises national sovereignty is unacceptable," warn the members of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a message iss ...
• 7 December 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Thousands of children are working in the diamond mines to survive Koidu (Agenzia Fides) - In Sierra Leone diamonds helped fuel the civil war that plagued the country from 1991 to 2002, now they are promoting economic growth to some extent, but at the same time attract in mines thousand ...
• 7 December 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Christmas carols in different languages: a tradition of the Church in Libya Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a joy to be singing together waiting for Christmas" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, where this afternoon the small Catholic c ...
• 6 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan Emergency: violence in Jonglei State does not stop Juba (Agenzia Fides) - For more than a year there has been humanitarian emergency in South Sudan. War, epidemics, malnutrition are some of the scourges that the population faces every day. In July, an epidemiological sur ...
• 6 December 2012
  AFRICA/RDC - The first displaced are returning but violence and looting still continue Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and looting in Goma still continue despite the M23 rebels promised to withdraw and every day many trucks depart to the north of the country. In a statement released by the Education Centre ...
• 6 December 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Zaki: It is not appropriate that Church Leaders give direct indication to boycott the constitutional referendum Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - The new Constitution that President Morsi persists in wanting to submit to a popular referendum on 15 December, "divides the Country and cannot represent the text of reference of the unity of ...
• 5 December 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacre in Masisi: "this area of North Kivu must also be protected," said the JRS Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 28 people were killed in Masisi since November 29, as a consequence of an on-going fighting between rival armed groups. This was denounced in a statement sent to Fides Agency by the Of ...
• 5 December 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Raid against Islamist cell that was preparing to send fighters in Mali and Somalia Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese authorities announced they have dismantled a cell of Islamist extremists who were planning attacks on foreign diplomatic representatives and government officials. The security forc ...
• 5 December 2012
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - The ordination of two deacons concludes the meeting of the Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau Santiago de Cabo Verde (Agenzia Fides) - The inter-territorial Episcopal Conference of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, held from 26 November to 2 December, its first ordinary meeting of the pastoral ye ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Relative calm in Goma after the arrival of soldiers and police officers sent from Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The M23 has withdrawn from the center of Goma, but still controls the airport and the surroundings of the city. It has not withdrawn 20 km from Goma as it was announced, " says to Fides Agency ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/DRC - Two hundred thousand children at risk in armed conflicts in Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the two Congolese provinces of Kivu there are more than 1 million 600 thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs). The recent arrival of the rebels of the M23 in the eastern city of Goma ha ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Illegal immigration in Somaliland increases Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Many young people of the Republic of Somaliland continue to emigrate illegally, mainly because of lack of work. They pass through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya towards Europe. According to the Mini ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Somali immigrants accuse the security forces of abuse Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A number of Somalis took to the streets of Juba, capital of South Sudan, after the killing of their country man. A witness told Bakhita Radio said the deceased was an entrepreneur who was killed ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - New food crisis in Malawi, denounces a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of Malawi, the district of Balaka is among the most affected, so many people are starving," writes to Fides Agency Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for over 30 ye ...