Africa

• 31 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The two priests kidnapped on January 15 have been freed without ransom Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The two priests kidnapped in Sudan on 15 January are free. This is confirmed to Fides by sources of the Archbishopric of Khartoum: "The two priests were released yesterday, January 30, around 4 ...
• 31 January 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - After the tropical storms, the situation continues to worsen Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 100 000 people have been affected by the tropical storms Funso and Dando, that have hit respectively the north and south of Mozambique, according to wusnyo, communicated by the Office f ...
• 30 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-A haven for African children accused of witchcraft Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian NGO Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), welcomed over 160 children labeled as "witches". Dozens of children suffer abuses, are abandoned and even killed by their familie ...
• 30 January 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Good relations with the government, but more attention to the weakest," write the Bishops Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Zambia are opposed to forced repatriation of Rwandese refugees who live in the Country and condemn cases of abuse against children. This is shown by a articulated pastoral Letter, ...
• 30 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The cost of food increases, 250 000 people continue to suffer from hunger Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - After a pause of several months, clashes and feuds have broken out again in Somalia between clans and between 16 and 19 January, eight people died. In the country as well as the lack of securi ...
• 30 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Between kidnappings and massacres tension between Sudan and Southern Sudan increases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - There is a growing tension in the border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, while the governments in Khartoum and Juba are throwing accusations of supporting the rebels operating in their ter ...
• 27 January 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Horn of Africa: every day between 100 and 200 children under 5 years of age die Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the famine caused by the severe drought that has hit the area in the past 50 years, between 100 and 200 children under 5 years of age continue to die every day in the Horn of Afri ...
• 27 January 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - The first indictments for the violence of 2007-2008; appeals for peace on behalf of Christian leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council of the Churches of Kenya (NCCK, which includes most of the non-Catholic Christian denominations in the Country) has called on all Kenyans to accept peacefully the ruling of ...
• 27 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We need a political solution to stop Boko Haram" says to Fides the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of Boko Haram cannot be solved only at a security level, but a clear strategy is needed to involve all the political environments in the north of the Country, to cope with the issue," ...
• 26 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Caritas Somalia: more than one million internally displaced people rely on international assistance Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - There are one million 356 thousand internally displaced persons in Somalia, of whom 500,000 live in the so-called Afgoye corridor. This is what the last Situational Report says of which a copy ...
• 26 January 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - LRA: A more sophisticated structure than it looks in the light of a new UN report Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains a powder keg for the presence of various armed groups. This is what the latest report says on behalf of UN experts on the Great Lakes regi ...
• 25 January 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The Arab revolutions brought Islamic parties to power, which now must not disappoint expectations" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Someone has launched the slogan to begin the second revolution, but I do not think this will happen, even if protests are scheduled because important issues are at stake, such as the role of the ...
• 25 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - RECOWA Assembly: "a sign of the victory of the Resurrected", said Cardinal Sarr Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to execute our project for the future of the Church of Christ in all of Western Africa", said His Exc. Mgr. Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, the capital of Se ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Clashes in Tripoli confirmed to Fides by local sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Explosions and gun shots near the Mahary Hotel are reported, near the headquarters of the Military Commission of Tripoli": this is what local sources, contacted by Fides in the Libyan capital ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "A seed, a life" campaign against malnutrition Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 400 000 children with their respective families in Mozambique will benefit from the effects of the campaign against malnutrition called "A seed, a life", promoted by the Spanish Anten ...