Africa

• 7 September 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Controversy about sending a military force of West African Countries Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "It will take some time to launch a military operation in the north of Mali, with the support of ECOWAS troops" says to Fides Agency Father Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conf ...
• 6 September 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The campaign to recruit new military has been launched: is this what is really needed to end the war in Kivu? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese army has launched a campaign to recruit new troops, officially not related to the war in North Kivu, where one must deal with the rebel movement M23, consisting largely of deserte ...
• 6 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Mine in Marikana: an agreement for peace has been reached, but it is not signed by all Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Three miners' unions, the company Lomnine that operates the platinum mine in Marikana (the scene of the massacre on 16 August when the police caused the deaths of 34 protesters) and the Sou ...
• 5 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - More than half of African children are "non-existent" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – They are born, live, die, but do not appear to have ever lived: more than half of African children are still not registered in the list at the time of birth and thus are devoid of any rig ...
• 5 September 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The President of Mali has asked for the intervention of ECOWAS troops to reconquer the north and protect the institutions Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – The ad interim President of Mali, Dioncounda Traoré, has officially requested ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States, also known by the English acronym of ECOWAS) to send troops to ...
• 5 September 2012
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Pan-African Congress of Catholic laity: "Being witnesses of Jesus Christ in Africa Today" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-African Congress of Catholic laity, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity brgan yesterday, September 4, in Cameroon, under the theme: " Being witnesses of Jesus Christ in Af ...
• 4 September 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - One million Congolese sign for peace, the petition delivered to the UN by religious leaders New York City (Agenzia Fides) - A petition signed by more than a million Congolese against the war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the balkanization of the Country, was delivered to the UN Headquarters ...
• 4 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Marikana mine: "the release of the majority of miners is an important step," says the local Bishop Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The release of most of the miners arrested after the riots on August 16 is an important step to make peace" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowling, Bishop of Rustenburg (South Af ...
• 3 September 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Islamic extremists advance towards the south while they appear radical preachers in Bamako Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The occupation of the city of Douentza worries the authorities in Bamako" says to Fides Father Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali. The city of Douentza was captured by ...
• 3 September 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The outgoing President dos Santos towards the re-election Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The re-election of the incumbent President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos seems certain, although the final results of the parliamentary elections on 31 August are still missing. The MPLA ( ...
• 31 August 2012
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rural clinics to save the lives of many mothers and their unborn Kigoma (Agenzia Fides) - The region of Kigoma, Tanzania, has become one of the first places in East Africa able to train health workers in rural clinics operating in the country. These centers are able to offer assistanc ...
• 31 August 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Calm situation, but we are waiting for the conclusion of the Friday prayers," said the Archbishop of Mombasa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm, at least for now. We have to wait the end of the Friday prayers in the mosques of the city to see if there are any new demonstrations" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Bonifac ...
• 31 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 270 miners have been incriminated in the deaths on August 16, "there is a risk of new protests," said the local Bishop Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is very strange that miners are incriminated in the deaths on 16 August and not the police officers who fired real bullets against demonstrators" said to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowli ...
• 30 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Marikana mine: "The first goal is to make peace among the members," says the Bishop of Rustenburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "I am not aware of the progress concerning the trade union negotiations, I just know that yesterday government authorities held a meeting with the unions to find a peace agreement in order ...
• 30 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diseases and malnutrition in refugee camps continue to increase in South Sudan Yida (Agenzia Fides) - Since last April the refugees in the refugee camp in Yida, in the south Sudanese State of Upper Nile, have doubled because of scarce food resources and the ongoing conflict since June 2011 in the s ...