Africa

• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The tension between Sudan and South Sudan threatens to escalate into open war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan does not intend to withdraw its troops from the disputed oil-rich area of Heglig, subtracted from the hands of soldiers in Khartoum on April 10. This is what south Sudan President, Salv ...
• 11 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "A peaceful transition which confirms the spirit of reconciliation typical of Malawi," says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "With the swearing in of the new President, Joyce Banda, before the Chief Justice, Lovemore Munlo, to the representatives of the Judicial Court and Parliament, and after 26 rounds of cannon and ...
• 11 April 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The number of victims caused by the attack during Easter increases Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) – There are 41 victims of a car bomb explosion which took place on Easter Sunday in Kaduna, in north-central Nigeria. The attack has not been claimed, but appears to be the work of the Boko Haram ...
• 4 April 2012
  AFRICA - The north of Mali like the east of the DRC? The question of the press in Kinshasa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The north of Mali like the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo? Is what the Congolese newspaper "Le Potentiel" asks in an article entitled "Est de la RDC, Nord du Mali: des Similitudes frappantes" ...
• 3 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - In Gao the church and the Caritas local office were destroyed, the 200 remaining Christians fear for their fate Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Mali says its local office in Gao in northern Mali was destroyed along with the local church after Tuareg rebels seized the city at the weekend. This was reported by Caritas Mali in a sta ...
• 3 April 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 25 deaths per month due to the war of "blood minerals" in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months, national and foreign armed groups still present in Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have resumed and intensified their military activities. This is revealed i ...
• 2 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU-The Bishops call to live Holy Week as a "Week of Reconciliation" Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "During Holy Week, we are called to live more intensely, our faith, renewing it in prayer, fasting, charity, listening of the Word of God. In this atmosphere of faith and hope, we prepare ourselv ...
• 2 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The rebel advance, the fear in Mopti grows Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "A growing fear among the residents of Mopti and the rebels comes to conquer the city, many people are fleeing " Church sources in Mali told Fides, where rebels of the Movement of National Libera ...
• 2 April 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Observers divided over the candidacy of a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in the presidential elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim Brotherhood's decision to present its own candidate in the presidential elections in Egypt is dividing the local and international commentators. On Sunday, 1 April, the Brotherhood lea ...
• 30 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI- A polarization between supporters and opponents of the junta is feared, while the rebels advance in the north Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - There are clashes in the capital of Mali, Bamako, between the pros and cons of the military junta after the coup on March 22. This is reported to Fides by local sources. "Yesterday, March 29, opp ...
• 30 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Drought continues to affect thousands of people in Somaliland Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in the Republic of Somaliland have appealed with a request for food aid and clean water for thousands of families who, because of drought, have lost their livelihoods. Families l ...
• 29 March 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "I hope dialogue between north and south Sudan continues", said the Nuncio in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope political dialogue between the two parties continues, based on good faith and on the agreement in Addis Ababa, which provided for an end of hostilities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Leo ...
• 29 March 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Which Constitution for Egypt? Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the President of the Egyptian parliament, Saad el Katatni, to preside the Constituent Assembly. The appointment of Katatni, who is an important member of the Party for "Freedom and Just ...
• 28 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Juba denounces new bombings, but Khartoum promises to stop the raids Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tension between Sudan and South Sudan continues after clashes and incursions in past days (see Fides 27/03/2012). South Sudan says that planes from Khartoum bombed the border area again between th ...
• 28 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders have been able to meet the President deposed by military coup Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday afternoon, the religious leaders who are leading a negotiation to resolve the crisis caused by the coup, met with the leaders of the military junta. They then managed to visit the depo ...