Africa

• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children immunized against polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of health workers went on foot, by bike, boat or car, to vaccinate at least 14 million children across the country against polio. UNICEF’s objective, promoter of this initiative wit ...
• 28 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The military offensive in Kenya aggravates the humanitarian situation of the Somali" denounces the head of Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent war events aggravate an already very difficult and complex situation", says Suzanna Tkalec to Fides, operator of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), head of Caritas Somalia, in Dad ...
• 28 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Torit sends a delegation to resolve the community conflict in Magwe County Juba (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Akio Johnson Mutek, Bishop of Torit, in Southern Sudan, has announced that he has sent a delegation to mediate in the conflict between two communities in Magwe County, in the Easter ...
• 27 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - In Somaliland children are detained and prosecuted, even for minor offenses, together with adults Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - The children's rights activists are concerned about the stagnation of a law on juvenile justice in the independent Republic of Somaliland in Somalia, where it is estimated that about 200 childr ...
• 27 October 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Let us trust the new leaders in Tunisia," says the National Director of the PMS Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were held in an atmosphere of joy, peace and emotion. There was a very consistent participation on behalf of voters", says to Fides Fr. awad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifi ...
• 27 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Libya has a tradition of a balanced Islam", said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Libya has a tradition of being a balanced country, religious, and that has never been fundamentalist" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli. On ...
• 26 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The long-awaited rain is making the humanitarian situation worse, according to a Report of Caritas Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)-About 4 million people are still at risk of hunger in Somalia, 3 million of these are in southern Somalia. This is what is said in the fourth "Situation Report" by Caritas Somalia of which a cop ...
• 26 October 2011
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - A Philippine worker has been arrested for blasphemy: Bishops appeal for his release Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic Filipino worker, who emigrated to work in Saudi Arabia has been arrested on charges of blasphemy. As reported to Fides by the organization "Brotherhood in the Middle East", which deals ...
• 26 October 2011
  AFRICA - Children, especially malnourished, victims most at risk of one of the worst epidemics of cholera Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This year in West and Central Africa more than 85 000 cases of cholera that have killed 2,466 people have been registered. For dimensions and the danger of outbreaks, the region is facing one of th ...
• 25 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Resentment among Gaddafi’s supporters for his burial in an unknown place Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - " Gaddafi’s burial in an unknown location in the desert is creating resentment among his supporters that are still present, especially in Sirte. Resolutions of retaliation circulate, even if o ...
• 25 October 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The fourth Major Seminary in Burundi is starting Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, coincided with the blessing of the first buildings of the Major Seminary of Saint Charles Lwanga, in the presence of the Apostolic Nun ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - " Minimum services are guaranteed in Dadaab, waiting for new security protocols", says the representative of Caritas Somalia Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "For the moment, given the security situation, what remains active in Dadaab are those that the UNHCR calls the Life Saving Activities. All organizations present in Dadaab keep the necessary sta ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Rape and sexual violence, the problems mostly felt by women who have fled from Somalia Dadaab (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a brief analysis carried out by the Program on Gender-based violence (GBV) in Dadaab, rape and sexual violence are the problems mostly felt by women and girls who have fled from Som ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/HAITI - Cholera continues to make victims among Haitians: in a year 6,500 infected people have died Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the outbreak of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the population is still threatened by the deadly disease. Since the first cases which occured in October 2010, more than 450 th ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - Meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The second annual meeting of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is taking place in Accra, Ghana, from October 23 to 26. A statement sent to Agenzia Fides r ...