Africa

• 21 June 2011
  AFRICA /LIBYA - "I went several times to the house that was hit and it did not look like a military command center", says Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "I am surprised Khouildi Hamidi's house was hit, I do not think his house was a military center", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocent Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli. According to Libya ...
• 21 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN- An agreement has been reached for the demilitarization of Abyei, but concern remains for Southern Kordofan Khartoum (Fides Service) - North and South Sudan have reached an agreement on the disputed region of Abyei, on the border between the two areas, which was occupied by the military in Khartoum on 21 May (see Fides 25/5/20 ...
• 21 June 2011
  AFRICA/TOGO - Four new wells to provide drinking water and irrigate the land during periods of drought Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Kong, in Togo, with the help of missionaries and farmers, in a short space of time 4 new wells were built to provide drinking water to residents and to irrigate the land in times of ...
• 20 June 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO-Appointment of the Rector of the major Seminary "St. Pierre Claver " in Bobo-Dioulasso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Theophile Nare, of the archdiocesan clergy in Koupéla, Rector of the Major Seminary interd ...
• 20 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Two witnesses tell Fides:Severe humanitarian situation in the two crisis areas of Southern Kordofan and Abyei Juba (Fides Service) - "Whole families continue to wander aimlessly, with no humanitarian assistance, while bombing by government aviation continues", says Sister Carmen to Fides, a Comboni Mexican missionary who works ...
• 20 June 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-The Congolese government launches a plan for street children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched a project for street children. The program was presented by Ferdinand Kambere Kalumbi, Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitari ...
• 18 June 2011
  AFRICA-"Christians should commit themselves to combatting xenophobia," write the Bishops of Southern Africa for Refugee Day Rome (Fides Service) - "On the eve of this important day for our brothers and sisters who have been forcibly displaced, the Catholic community celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, a good place to reflect on ...
• 18 June 2011
  AFRICA/MOROCCO-The King presents the new Constitution and promises to guarantee "freedom of religious worship" Rabat (Fides Service) - The King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI, presented yesterday, June 17, the text of the new Constitution which will be submitted to popular approval with a referendum, to be held on July 1. The new ...
• 18 June 2011
  AFRICA-Africa celebrated the African Child Day Rome (Fides Service) - Every year on June 16, African Child Day is celebrated, an occasion for reflection on the conditions of the more vulnerable children and adolescents in Africa (see Fides 15/6/2011). Among the initi ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The Muslim community isolates the extremists" asks the Archbishop of Abuja, where an attack struck the national headquarters of the police Abuja (Fides Service) - "It is a very worrying development, because it is the first time in the history of Nigeria where a suicide bombing is carried out followed almost immediately by the claiming of responsibility on b ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI-The revolution " colored red " by professors and university students continues Lilongwe (Fides Service) -The clash between the government and the academic staff to defend the freedom of teaching continues, recognized both by the local Constitution as well as the Treaty of Kampala, of which Malawi i ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO- About one thousand suspected cases of chikungunya have been identified in the capital Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two weeks nearly a thousand suspected cases of chikungunya have been identified in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, a mosquito-borne viral disease which causes ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO-Appointment of the Rector of the Major Seminary "St. John the Baptist" in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -On 15 April 2011, Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the Major Seminary interdiocesan "St. John the Baptist" in the Archd ...
• 16 June 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Mgr. Martinelli notes "a sincere desire for dialogue to restore peace" after a meeting with the Islamic Call Society Tripoli (Fides Service) - "There is a sincere desire for dialogue and to bring back peace", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to Fides, who yesterday, June 15, met the manager ...
• 16 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-A missionary from South Kordofan: "I saw an air raid from Khartoum", the local people ask me "where is the international community?" Juba (Fides Service) - Fighting in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, on the border between north and south Sudan, between the northern and southern army continues. "On the Nuba Mountains, schools are closed and te ...