Africa

• 10 October 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - Two million people with disabilities still hampered by lack of infrastructure and architectural barriers Accra (Agenzia Fides) - In Ghana, according to estimates by the World Health Organization, there are 2 million disabled people, between 7 to 10% of the population of the country. Five years after the approval of the 'Per ...
• 10 October 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - " Violence that recalls the initial suppression of the Egyptian revolution", says the National Director of the Egyptian PMS Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "A peaceful protest was violently suppressed by the military. They are scenes reminiscent of the Egyptian revolution which took place early in January", says don Nabil Fayez Antoun, National Direc ...
• 10 October 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Weak participation and murder of two policemen mark the elections Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - A relatively weak turnout characterized the presidential elections in Cameroon, yesterday, Sunday, Oct. 9, according to news agency reports (see Fides 08/10/2011). The election day was also marr ...
• 8 October 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "The future of Cameroon is in our hands" recall the Bishops on the occasion of tomorrow's presidential election Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7 million voters are called to vote tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 9, to elect the Head of the State of Cameroon. Of the 23 candidates, the favorite is the outgoing President, Paul Biya, who h ...
• 8 October 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The conditions of the refugee camp Duékoué are improving Duékoué (Agenzia Fides) - After months of extreme difficulty for the overcrowding, the Salesian mission "Saint Therese of the Child Jesus" is finally coming out of the emergency situation, is what is said in a statemen ...
• 7 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A priest was killed in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was killed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. According to the information Fides gathered, don Awuor Kisero, who had returned to Kenya from Italy a few days before, was attacked by f ...
• 6 October 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fears for the outbreak of a conflict of ample proportions in Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing alarm about the risk of a possible civil war in Sudan, after the announcement that the rebels active in Darfur, in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile region are about to conclu ...
• 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 ...