Africa

• 25 February 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The situation in the centre of Tripoli is calm, but there is concern,” Apostolic Vicar tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation in the centre of Tripoli is calm, but there is concern about what may happen at the end of prayer on Friday. The protest organised for today at this stage hasn't gone ahead”. ...
• 25 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After the tension, AIFO projects resume for the disabled Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The crisis situation that affected several states in North Africa did not have repercussions on the structure and personnel of the Project of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) of the Italian A ...
• 25 February 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - The situation deteriorates, concern grows for displaced people Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is deteriorating in Si aggrava la situazione in Côte d'Ivoire, where clashes are ongoing between supporters of Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara throughout districts in the ...
• 24 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The murderer of the Coptic Orthodox priest is perhaps linked to the tensions two years ago,” Bishop of Assiut tells Fides Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - “It seems that the issue goes back to two years ago, when a Coptic Orthodox faithful committed an act of sacrilege against Islam, provoking the anger of Muslims. This person then said that it w ...
• 24 February 2011
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - The Bishop of Nouakchott asks for missionaries of the community of Guinea Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Martin Albert Happe of Nouakchott in Mauritania, asked the Bishops of Guinea Bissau to send missionaries from the Guinean community. Mauritania is a country with an Islamic majority and ...
• 24 February 2011
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AFRICA - Lessons under the trees for Ouande school students in Linguiri village Linguiri (Agenzia Fides) – Decades of political violence in the north of the Central African Republic have caused destruction on a vast scale and massive numbers of displaced persons. Even the education sector has been ...
• 23 February 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The centre of Tripoli is calm, clashes are on the outskirts and in the east of the Country,” the Apostolic Vicar tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is somewhat calm because in the morning because there are no particular movements. Clashes usually occur at night when you hear the echoes of gunfire from a distance,” Archbis ...
• 23 February 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Reported new clashes in Abidjan while waiting for indications from African mediators Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The tension seems to be rising in Côte d'Ivoire, meanwhile the mediation mission from the African Union is leaving the Country. According to local sources, yesterday, 22 February, there were ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Bishops of Southern Africa concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe Harare (Agenzia Fides) – “We address a very particular plea to the political leaders of the SADC region (South African Development Community) at a critical time in the life of the Zimbabwean Nation,” write the Bish ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Fr Rybinski killed for a thousand Euro; police arrest the alleged murderer Tunis (Agenzia Fides) – Police authorities in Tunis arrested the alleged murderer of Fr Marek Rybinski, the Polish Salesian missionary killed on 18 February in Manouba  (see Fides 19/2/2011). They arrested Chokri Ben ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Infant mortality reduced to 10% thanks to the work of San Gaspare Hospital in Itigi Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “San Gaspare” Hospital in Itigi, situated in one of the poorest zones in the region, offers assistance to people who live there but also to people from further away, without distinction for r ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - Marian Sanctuary of Allada entrusted to Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) – With a solemn Mass on Sunday, 13 February, Bishop Antoine Ganye, new Archbishop of Cotonou, entrusted the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Mercy in Allada to the pastoral care of the Franciscan ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The Catholic community was not involved in the clashes,” Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “From where I am, I can't see anything. The city is quiet and still. There is nothing that makes you think about the fighting, although I have heard that riots and looting are occurring during ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - African religious leaders visit Côte d'Ivoire to promote a peaceful solution to the crisis Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The Ivorian crisis is a challenge for Africa. So some of the more prominent religious organisations in Africa sent a delegation to Côte d'Ivoire from 17 to 19 February. The delegation was mad ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA - Commitment to health by Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Senegal and Ghana Roma (Agenzia Fides) – The sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) are very active throughout the world. Part of their work which involves health care for the most disadvantaged people in Africa is particu ...