Africa

• 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 ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram from Maiduguri to Kano; the Bishop's testimony to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is a bit calmer. There is a heavy deployment of police and military. A curfew from 7 pm to 7 am is still underway. Although limited in its movements, however, the population tries t ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), Archbishop Filoni, to the Bishops of Western Africa: "to live fully, and in truth, an effective and affective pastoral solidarity" Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) -Congratulations with particular satisfaction and gratitude on this most significant advancement "towards an affective and effective pastoral solidarity among the Bishops of Western Africa" w ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Challenges and threats that the women in the South of Sudan face every day Juba (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Small Arms Survey," an annual study that provides information on the spread and use of weapons in the world, the main threats for women in the South of Sudan derives from multiple ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The attackers wore police uniforms", says to Fides the Bishop of Kano, some structures of the Church have also been damaged Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Kano is still in shock. The coordinated series of attacks in different parts of the city lasted about three hours", said to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Namazi Niyiring, Bishop of Kano, the largest c ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Jos, "they are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and of the only Nigerian people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and the only Nigerian people," said in an interview with Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, who launches an alarm on th ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Catholic Church condemns the recent attacks on the stripping of women off their clothes Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The stripping off of women’s clothes in Lilongwe and Mzuzu is unbecoming and unacceptable", is what is said in a statement sent to Fides by the Gender and Civic Education Desk in the Catholi ...