Africa

• 24 March 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - 25th Anniversary of World Youth Day in Ziguichor: a special event for Catholics of Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, and Senegal Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Pedro Zilli of Bafatá will attend the celebration of World Youth Day 2010 being held in Ziguichor (in Casamance, Senegal), March 26 to 28. This is what was stated in a note sent to Fide ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou describes most recent Ugandan rebel attack as “unprecedented violence” in correspondence with Fides Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebels used an unprecedented level of violence on the poor defenseless civilians. They hurt the people first and then ended their lives with machetes," Fides is told by His Excellency Bis ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - US Bishops express solidarity with Nigerian Church and people Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “We share the concern that the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria articulated in your February 2010 Pastoral Letter regarding the acts of hostility that have occurred among ethnic and religio ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Healthcare needed, cholera risks spreading across country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest findings of the Ministry of Health in Kenya, there are now 15 districts severely affected by cholera in the country, with 663 confirmed cases since January, and some 15 ...
• 22 March 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops of Malawi work for equal opportunities for men and women Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – "Women have the right to equal opportunities in education, training, employment, remuneration, inheritance and owning property," says a note from the Bishops' Conference of Malawi, reported b ...
• 22 March 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Significant geopolitical maneuvers taking place as Mogadishu awaits government operation Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The Somali capital of Mogadishu lives awaiting the announced offensive attack of government troops on the Shebaab militias, considered sympathetic to the international Jihad movement. The of ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “The mission is at the heart of the Church's pastoral activity.” Fides interviews the President of the Bishops' Conference of Burkina Faso-Niger Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "Our Church is strongly oriented towards the mission and committed to helping create a cohesive and united society," Fides is told by Archbishop Seraphin Rouamba, Archbishop of Koupéla and Presi ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Auxiliar Bishop of Lodwar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on March 20, 2010, appointed Dominic Kimengich, Vicar of the Tribune of the Diocese of Nakuru, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar (Kenya), assigning him the t ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Brief Overview of the Country Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Burkina Faso has an area of 286,451 km2 and a population of 13 million inhabitants. The country, which until 1984 was called Upper Volta, is located in northwest Africa. It is bordered to the nor ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGER - Brief Overview of the Country Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Republic of Niger has an area of 1,287,000 km2 and a population of about 14 million inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by Libya and Algeria to the west by Mali and Burkina Faso, on the ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Importance of formation of the laity for full collaboration in the Church's mission and in the life of African nations Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – From March 10 to 14, the Centre Saint-François d'Assise at Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda) hosted the Fourth Continental Meeting of the African Movement of Catholic Action, which brought together re ...
• 18 March 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Angola is a country with a great potential that should be used to improve the living conditions of the population,” Bishop of Benguela tells Fides Roma (Agenzia Fides) - "Angola is enjoying strong economic growth, as evidenced by positive data concerning the increase of Gross Domestic Product, which is derived primarily from its mineral resources, especially oil an ...
• 18 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Acting President dissolves government, while Plateau State Governor claims: “ key people in this nation” are behind recent violence Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Vice-President and provisional Head of State of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dismissed the government yesterday, March 17. Political analysts say it is meant to strengthen his power. Jonathan ...
• 17 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another massacre in Nigeria; Archbishop of Jos tells Fides “this is just another retaliation over loss of livestock, not a religious conflict,” talk of interreligious violence ends up spreading it Jos (Agenzia Fides) – "This is a retaliation against the Fulani herders against the villagers, for an alleged theft of livestock. This is not a clash between Christians and Muslims," Fides was told by Archbishop Ignati ...
• 17 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Mysterious fire destroys Kasubi Tombs of ancient Buganda Kingdom, tensions and conflict feared Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – On March 16, a fire destroyed the "Kasubi Tombs," the mausoleum near the capital Kampala, belonging to the Buganda Kings who ruled the traditional southern Ugandan kingdom. The causes of the f ...