Africa

• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Clashes and tension awaiting the final announcement of the presidential vote outcome Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Kinshasa continues to be heavily guarded by the police, while waiting anxiously for the final announcement of the presidential election results by the Supreme Court before December 20, the dea ...
• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The plague of Casamance and cocaine trafficking Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – Tension increases in Casamance, region of Senegal wedged between Gambia and Guinea Bissau, a "low intensity" theater of war since 1982 for the presence of an independence movement. On 13 Decembe ...
• 14 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Maiduguri does not confirm the tragedy attributed to the military, after yesterday’s failed attack Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is nothing official and I am not able to confirm that the military fired indiscriminately on the crowd", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, capital of the ...
• 14 December 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "There have so far been no particular reactions to the massacre in Florence," say sources of the Archidiocese of Dakar Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Senegalese radio and other media have clearly highlighted the murder of Senegalese citizens in Florence, but so far there have been no unusual reactions by the local population", sources of t ...
• 13 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "The results of the vote held on November 28 are not conformed to truth or to justice," denounces Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The results of the vote held on November 28 are not conformed to truth or to justice", said Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa, in a statement made public yesterday, De ...
• 13 December 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "We must make every effort to avoid the abyss of war": Bishops of Burundi’s appeal Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite you to forcefully reject war and everything that could plunge back into violence in our Country. If we do not commit ourselves to doing everything in our power, there is a risk tha ...
• 13 December 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Cholera cases are reduced thanks to enhanced prevention Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - With only 2 cases of cholera recorded in 2011, Guinea has avoided the epidemic that has infected 85 000 people and killed 2,500 in the first ten months of the year in West and Central Africa. Af ...
• 12 December 2011
  AFRICA- A new food crisis for children in Sahel is expected in 2012 Timbuktu (Agenzia Fides) - Another negative outlook for a million children in the Sahel region of Africa is expected. According to UNICEF, by 2012 there will be a new food crisis and, therefore, the organization has laun ...
• 12 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Attacks to create tension on the eve of Christmas", denounces the Archbishop of Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We have no specific information on the identity of the bombers and we cannot say that they are members of the Boko Haram sect " says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Archbishop of Jos ...
• 12 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We are awaiting the next moves of Tshisekedi challenging the reelection of the President" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There have been acts of violence but they were fairly isolated episodes. We await Tshisekedi’s next moves who has asked his supporters to wait for his provisions. Maybe everything will be ha ...
• 10 December 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Legislative elections: a strong turnout is not expected because of the outgoing President’s supporters’ boycott Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "After a week of intense campaigning, the situation is calm. The party (Ivorian Popular Front), of former President Gbagbo does not show up to protest against his transfer to the International ...
• 10 December 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congo at risk after the re-election of Kabila; the main opponent disputes the results Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We will see what steps Etienne Tshisekedi will take, after having repeatedly proclaimed he had won the elections," says to Fides Fr. Loris Cattani, a Xaverian missionary with a long experience ...
• 9 December 2011
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE- A church in Makeni dedicated to the new Saint, Guido Maria Conforti Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of faithful from Parma – who have just celebrated with joy and solemnity the canonization of their fellow and Bishop for almost 25 years, Monsignor Guido Maria Conforti – are on ...
• 9 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Waiting for the publication of the presidential election results, "people are tired of the tension, they want to return to normality," say local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension in the last two days has dampened a little, as shown by the resumption of traffic. The population is tired of this blocked situation, of not being able to leave the house, the shop ...
• 9 December 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Tension rises between north and south Sudan, the UN launches the alarm to avert a possible war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Tension rises between Sudan and Southern Sudan, including reports of new clashes on the border between the two countries (see Fides 05/12/2011) and new measures by Khartoum to try to control th ...