Africa

• 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 ...
• 7 December 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Strong advance of Islamic movements in the legislative elections; the comment of a missionary Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "There are two surprises in this first round of elections: the high percentage of the Muslim Brotherhood’s victory and the strong advance of the Salafis" says to Fides Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a ...
• 7 December 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Thousands of flood victims are in urgent need of food, mosquito nets, tents and medicines Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy rains that are hitting on Kenya have swiped away a lot of bridges and blocked many roads, making it harder to rescue thousands of people left homeless due to the floods. According to t ...
• 7 December 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In the African country every 36 hours a child is abused Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - After one year of post-election crisis, there has been a total of 1,121 victims of violence suffered by women, boys and girls in Côte d'Ivoire. According to the report "Vulnerability, violence ...
• 7 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The publication of the results of presidential elections has been postponed, tension is high in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension in the city has not decreased, there is very little traffic, also because several activities have been closed and parents have preferred not to send their children to school," said ...
• 6 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The tension is very high in Kinshasa while awaiting the announcement of the winner of the presidential elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension is high, even if one lives in an almost unreal silence, because the traffic is reduced and the vendors who are usually stationed in the city streets seem to have disappeared. Sever ...
• 6 December 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - New attack in Dadaab where almost 400,000 Somali refugees live Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A police officer was killed and three others were seriously injured in the explosion of a bomb in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, bordering Somalia. The different camps in Dadaab are home ...
• 5 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tension on the eve for the announcement of the winner of the presidential elections, the Bishops launch an appeal for calm Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – To go by the results emerged from the polls in the transparency of the procedures; to avoid violence and to severely punish any electoral fraud. This is the appeal launched by the Congolese E ...
• 5 December 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Southern Sudan denounces military raids from the north on its territory Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing tension between North and South Sudan: the latter accuses Khartoum's troops of having crossed the frontier on its territory to hunt down the rebels operating in the border regions ...