Africa
25 July 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - African Catholic Journalists participate in a conference: communication to promote peace
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics Journalists from several African countries started on July 23 in Mombasa (Kenya) a four-day seminar on the role of media in conflict resolution, peace building and promotion of good go ...
24 July 2012
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the district of Gambo one hospital for 100,000 people
Gambo (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of West Arsi, 245 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the Missionaries of the Consolata manage the general rural Hospital in Gambo. Founded in 1922 by the ...
21 July 2012
AFRICA - Abortifacient drugs and contraceptives: a false and dangerous solution to poverty
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Flooding the developing world with contraceptives and abortifacient drugs to reduce population growth, is not the key to reducing poverty. It is a false and dangerous solution, promoted by org ...
20 July 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 2,054 mothers die for every 100,000 children born alive: 1 woman out of 7 during pregnancy or childbirth
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Decades of conflict and marginalization have made South Sudan the most dangerous country on earth where to give birth, with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. 2,054 mothers die for e ...
19 July 2012
AFRICA - A million severely malnourished children in Sahel
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A million severely malnourished children are waiting to receive care in Sahel. According to the latest figures released by UNICEF, it is the highest number in the history of humanitarian aid. This ...
19 July 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tens of thousands of people in Somaliland have no home or food or health care
Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Due to severe drought that has hit most of the Republic of Somaliland for 4 years, about 120 000 people in coastal regions, central and western are in urgent need of food. The areas most in nee ...
18 July 2012
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Chronic malnutrition is a silent crisis: one of the most severe problems in the country
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Madagascar is one of the six countries where there is the highest rate of undernourishment in the world. Half of all children in the country under five years of age suffer from chronic maln ...
17 July 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - Conclusion of the Congregation of Procurators of the Society of Jesus; we need to think of Africa from a different perspective
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The 70th Congregation of Procurators of the Society of Jesus, which for the first time in its history was held in Africa, Kenya, from July 9 to 15 (see Fides 06/07/2012) decided that it is not n ...
17 July 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The key to overcoming poverty: involving African women in the economy
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - During the Second Economic Summit of African Women, which has just ended in Lagos, after two days of work what was highlighted was the fact that the economic support to women is the key to tacklin ...
16 July 2012
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta has formally been proclaimed patroness of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe
Robe (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, July 14 in Goba, a city in south-central Ethiopia in the area of Bale, in the Region of Oromia, about 446 km south-east of Addis Ababa, Father Angelo Antolini, OFM Cap., Director of ...
16 July 2012
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Famine and insecurity at the base of the exodus of refugees from Mali; the project of the Camillian Task Force
Dori (Agenzia Fides) - "Hunger and insecurity are the driving force behind this exodus that, if it has not yet taken on biblical proportions, it seems destined to grow" says to Fides brother Luca Perletti, a Camillian, d ...
13 July 2012
AFRICA/ANGOLA - New inauguration of the Cathedral of Lwena, a sign of rebirth and hope
Lwena (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio of São Tomé and Principe, His Exc. Mgr. Novatus Rugambwa, presided along with some Angolan Bishops, the celebration of the inauguration of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Lw ...
12 July 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christians and Muslims warn of the danger of sectarian war
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, says a report prepared by a joint Christian-Muslim delegation that recently visited Niger ...
12 July 2012
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "No to the cultural leveling, yes to the rediscovery of the richness of African culture," said Cardinal Sarr
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The time has come in Africa to say no to cultural leveling, a consequence of globalization," said Cardinal Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) and First Vice President of the Symposium o ...
11 July 2012
AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 220,000 internally displaced since the beginning of the mutiny of the soldiers in the east
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 220,000 people are displaced in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since a group of military deserters from the Congolese national army (FARDC) has formed a new band of guerrill ...
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