Africa

• 25 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram wants to destabilize the government," says President Jonathan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist sect Boko Haram wants to destabilize the government and therefore attacks Christian places of worship, seeking to divide Christians from Muslims. This is the meaning of the speech on ...
• 23 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Boko Haram threatens more attacks: there are 300 suicide bombers who are ready Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm in the Christian community in Nigeria after the terrorist group Boko Haram, author of several recent attacks on Christian churches, issued a threat to carry out new attacks in order to make ...
• 23 June 2012
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops condemn violence and call for peaceful confrontation Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - In the phase of social tension that exists in Togo, it is necessary to seek peaceful and constructive confrontation, without degenerating into gratuitous violence: So says the local Church, which ...
• 22 June 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Maternal Infant Care and tuberculosis Center, assistance to AIDS patients in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the capital Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, out of 80 million inhabitants, only 0.7% are Catholic, but the Catholic Church runs 12% of medical centers throughout the country, all included in the public health system. In K ...
• 21 June 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - Biso na Biso: the voice of the forest promotes relations between Bantu and Pygmies Pokola (Agenzia Fides) - A community radio station that broadcasts from Pokola, 800 kilometers north of the Congolese capital Brazzaville, is committed to promoting and facilitating the understanding between the majority ...
• 21 June 2012
  AFRICA/COMOROS - Flooding, damage to crops, diseases due to heavy rains Moroni (Agenzia Fides) - Following the heavy rainfall recorded in the wet season from November to May, about 65,000 inhabitants of the Comoro islands, corresponding to 8% of the population, have been severely affected by ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/TOGO - Protect children with disabilities from cultural traditions that marginalize them Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Fear, shame and deep-rooted cultural traditions, continue to marginalize disabled children in Togo, as in much of the continent, who are often ridiculed, locked up, hidden and neglected, cutting t ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram has declared war on Christians, but does not represent the entire Nigerian Islam," says Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is fair to say that Boko Haram is against Christians and the Christian religion, but let's be careful not to confuse this sect with the entire Muslim population of Nigeria, with which we try t ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Emergency food crisis: 800 000 people are undernourished, millions of children at risk Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to Niger, Mauritania and Mali, even Senegal, with its 12.5 million inhabitants, at least 800 000 people are seriously affected by the food crisis. Throughout the country, malnutrition ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tension for new powers adopted by the military Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Egypt is tense, where the wait for the official announcement of the presidential ballot results is intertwined with the news concerning former President Hosni Mubarak’s health ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Human rights abuses continue despite the appeals of leaders Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Rigged elections, limited freedom of speech and press, media censorship or intimidation and attempts to control the activities of civil society and NGOs continue to violate human rights in many c ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "In Kaduna calm has returned, and security forces are doing their best," the Archbishop told Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is quite calm. The police have limited the curfew, which now ranges from 6 pm to 6 am. The population has been able to resume its activities in the hours when the curfew is not in f ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Battle in the streets of Damaturu between the army and Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Damaturu, capital of the State of Yobe, north-east of Nigeria, was the scene of a real battle between the Boko Haram sect and the military of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF). The battle began ...
• 18 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGER - The inhabitants of Tibiri organize themselves to deal with the hunger that affects the region each year Tibiri (Agenzia Fides) - In Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, every year six million people out of 18 million inhabitants of the desert region of Sahel in West Africa, suffer from famine situations. Thank ...
• 18 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks in Kaduna: the testimony of the Bishop of Zaria to Fides Agency Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I was preaching during the second morning Mass, when around 9, we heard a loud explosion. The car bomb created a crater 2 feet deep, all around there was broken glass, rubble and burning cars ": ...