Africa

• 9 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The current situation in Nigeria is more dangerous than during the civil war, because it involves the religious dimension", said Bishop Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Biafra war had ethnic and political roots, the Boko Haram attacks imply ethnic, social, political, religious and even criminal dimensions. For this reason, the current situation is more dang ...
• 9 January 2012
  AFRICA/HAITI - A sad anniversary for Haiti Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti and about 520,000 have been infected by the disease: this is what was reported by the Associate Director of the Pan-American Health Or ...
• 7 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christians fleeing the violence of the "Boko Haram" sect, which has "changed strategy" Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Christians of indigenous tribes in the state of Yobe are terrified and are preparing to abandon their ancestral territories, due to the threats and violence of the Islamic militia gro ...
• 4 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Cholera continues to claim victims among children and 750 000 people risk starvation Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - After 20 years of war, Somalia is currently experiencing a very serious famine and so far 55 children have died of cholera and severe malnutrition. In the southern region of Bay, about 250 kil ...
• 4 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's case, "a bridge between Christians and Muslims", recalling Salman Taseer Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi’s case, an innocent victim of the abuse of the blasphemy law, must be "a bridge, not a wall, between Muslims and Christians", which can form an alliance "together to save a human life ...
• 2 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA -Famine emergency is still far from resolved Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Somali Prime Minister denies that the population of Mogadishu is dying of hunger, contradicting the United Nations and the sad landscape of increasingly crowded fields of malnourished peop ...
• 2 January 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola invests in Portugal, despite concerns about the provenance of the funds Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola runs to the rescue of the ancient colonizer, Portugal, with ample liquidity on its domestic market. In 2012 the Portuguese economy is projected to record a contraction of 2.8% while the gr ...
• 30 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 200 victims on Christmas day bomb blast; the day of prayer and fasting on December 31st Jos (Agenzia Fides) - There are 200 victims, among people who died or are missing, due to the attacks directed at some Christian churches at Christmas in Nigeria. This is what said is read in a statement sent to Agenzia ...
• 29 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The deep roots of the Boko Haram sect Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Boko Haram sect, author of numerous attacks that have recently caused deaths and injuries in Nigeria, has its origins in the colonial and post-colonial history of the North African nation. "B ...
• 28 December 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A Christmas in poverty, the only hope for the population is the lottery Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The corn just sprouted up waited the dew of the night in vain to survive a few more days. Then everything dried up. Some more robust seedlings of cotton survive here and there, the rest has be ...
• 28 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Terrorism threatens us all, Muslims and Christians, but together we can overcome it" says to Fides the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that these people have not died in vain, the Nigerians are realizing that terrorism threatens us all, Christians and Muslims," says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbi ...
• 23 December 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "I will spend Christmas with the boys and girls in the neighborhood of garbage collectors", says Fr Verdoscia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am in the store, with my staff, to choose the clothes to be distributed to children on Christmas Day" says to Fides Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who has been working for years in ...
• 23 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - High tension in Kinshasa, the police have banned Tshisekedi’s oath Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – High tension in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, where police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators gathered in front of Etienne Tshisekedi’s house and ...
• 22 December 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "For Christmas we ask for the gift of reconciliation," said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Tomorrow I will visit Misratha to meet the local community of Filipino Catholics" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, in Libya, who testifies ...
• 22 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR-Immunization campaign against measles for 1.7 million children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The increase of measles and polio cases triggered a vaccination health campaign aimed at tens of thousands of children infected in the regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2011 ...