Africa
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 ...
28 September 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "Hundreds of Eritreans detained in police stations", reports don Mussie Zerai
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of refugees and Eritrean refugees in Egypt is even more dramatic: we have been denouncing the kidnapping of people, human beings for one year, which is ongoing in Sinai at the refuge ...
28 September 2011
AFRICA/TANZANIA - National Commitment to curb violence against children
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Authorities in Tanzania have recently launched a five-year National Program for Prevention and Response to Violence against Children, which aims to eliminate all forms of violence against ...
27 September 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Nigerians are not intimidated by threats of attacks", says the Archbishop of Abuja
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Life continues normally, at least here in Abuja. Let us not be frightened by these threats or warnings. We will continue our usual life, trusting God that follows our steps", says His Exc. Mgr. J ...
27 September 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - The Nubians dig shelters to protect themselves from Sudanese aircraft attacks
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - People who live in the Nuba Mountains in the state of South Kordofan, were invited to dig shelters to protect themselves from the Sudanese Air Force attacks. According to reports from the Sudan ...
27 September 2011
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Multi-purpose school and training center for girls in the province of Gourma
Gourma (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of the Australian Province of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) are involved in the project for the construction of a multi-purpose school and a ...
27 September 2011
AFRICA/GUINEA - Clashes in Conakry: one dead and several injured
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) –One dead and several wounded is the provisional estimates of the clashes taking place in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, between police and opposition demonstrators. The latter ...
26 September 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Alert in Abuja for possible suicide bombings during the celebrations for independence
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Islamic Boko Haram sect is planning suicide bombings in the federal capital, Abuja, to disrupt the celebrations of national independence on 1 October. This is what the Nigerian press ...
26 September 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Presidential elections in November: the Church lines up 30,000 electoral observers
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 30,000 electoral observers that the Catholic Church is preparing to line up to help ensure the regularity of the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be ...
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