Africa

• 5 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The village of Rokwe is a refuge for leprosy patients Yuba (Agenzia Fides) - At first glance, the village of Rokwe, on the outskirts of Yuba, seems like any other village in Southern Sudan. However it is not a common town, as it is a colony for people who have leprosy, assi ...
• 5 October 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "There are episodes of intolerance against the Copts, but now the mass media reports", says a missionary from Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - About 500 Copts marched yesterday through the streets of downtown Cairo protesting after the outbreak of fire in the church of Aswan in southern Egypt, demanding the resignation of the local gover ...
• 4 October 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "We need to see the movements of people in the Mediterranean as an opportunity", says the National Director of the PMS in Tunisia Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "We are close to the Tunisian people in this transitional phase of their history, with love and respect", says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) of T ...
• 4 October 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Hopes for Malawi with the election of the new President of Zambia Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is becoming a police state", denounces Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba to Fides, a Monfort missionary, who has been living and working in Malawi for 30 years. "Now the only concern is to ensure t ...
• 4 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somaliland's first humanitarian mission in Mogadishu Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time since the declaration of independence from the rest of the country, a delegation from the Republic of Somaliland has recently intervened in favor of 9 000 displaced families ...
• 3 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The tragedy of Sirte, Archbishop Martinelli hopes that "other Countries besides Italy, give aid to the injured " Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank the Italian government for having hospitalized the injured in Italian hospitals. Even other Countries should do such humanitarian gestures" said Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli ...
• 3 October 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - President Condé urges the opposition to dialogue after the serious incidents of September 27 Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the 53rd anniversary of national independence, the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, addressed to the opposition an invitation to dialogue, after violent ...
• 3 October 2011
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A program to alleviate poverty concerning orphans and vulnerable children Harare (Agenzia Fides) - In Zimbabwe, a three-year program for the orphaned and the most vulnerable children of more than 80 000 families in the country has been launched, to try to protect them from the worst effects of ...
• 1 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Children emergency, the victims mostly affected by food crisis Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Somali children are the victims mostly affected by the food crisis in the Horn of Africa. The latest estimates indicate that people under 18 represent 80% of the 121 000 refugees housed in ...
• 1 October 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL-Sharing the Gospel, communicating the good news: the original contribution of Christians in Senegal and Mauritania to the construction of their Countries Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Missionary Month is a renewed commitment of all Christians of our two Countries to witness the Gospel in the wake of the new evangelization. A commitment of our Churches to make the Good News ...
• 30 September 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA -Multiple threats between different extremist groups on the eve of Independence Day Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Tension on the eve for the celebrations of national Independence which will be celebrated tomorrow, October 1, in Nigeria. Both the Islamist Boko Haram sect, originally from the north of the Cou ...
• 30 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Thousands of people infected by an epidemic of dengue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Over one thousand people have been infected by an epidemic of dengue outbreak in the town of Mandera, in northeastern Kenya, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia. The Ministry of Public He ...
• 29 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "There are too many injured people in hospitals, the situation is tragic": Archbishop Martinelli’s appeal Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in hospitals is tragic, because there are still many injured people and the staff cannot take care of all the emergencies", says Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, ...
• 29 September 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Even the Archbishop of Bouaké among the members of the Ivorian "Truth and Reconciliation" Commission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Even the Archbishop of Bouaké, His Exc. Mgr. Paul-Simon Ahouanan Djro, is among 11 members of the " Commission Dialogue, Vérité et Réconciliation" (CDVR) established on September 28 by the ...
• 28 September 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "I would not have any problems to vote for a Muslim if I considered him appropriate for the office" says the Bishop of Luxor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The elections for the People's Assembly (Lower Chamber) of Egypt will be held on Nov. 28. This was announced by the Supreme Council of the armed forces, that has governed the country since the fal ...