AFRICA/GUINEA – Guinea: a new African hub for cocaine destined to Europe?
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Last year, one or two airplanes loaded with cocaine landed in the Republic of Guinea (Guinea Conakry) from Latin America every month. The drug load was then extradited to Europe by criminal orga ...
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Port Elizabeth
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2 , 2014, the Holy Father Rev. appointed Fr. Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M., Definitor General for Africa and the Middle East, in Rome as Bishop of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth ...
3 February 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kannur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 1, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Alex Joseph Vadakumthala, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Verapoly as Bishop of Kannur (India).
Fr. Alex Joseph Vadakumthala was born ...
AFRICA/EGYPT – Assiut, police operation against the abduction of Copts
Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian security forces in the first days of February carried out a huge operation in the city of Assiut to dismantle an organized crime network that for months organized kidnappings, robber ...
AFRICA/CONGO DR -"Humanitarian catastrophe" in Katanga, says the UN
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of local notables is on a visit in northern Katanga (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo) to soothe the minds of the local population alarmed by the actions of the Bak ...