Africa

• 17 October 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Activities and programs for children and adolescents infected with HIV Dodoma (Agenzia Fides) - According to the 2011-12 Report on indicators of HIV and Malaria in Tanzania, the prevalence of the AIDS/HIV virus in the African country went from 5.7% in 2007 to 5.1% in 2012. Women contract AI ...
• 17 October 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "What does the tetanus campaign hide?" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We want the government to come clean on the ongoing tetanus vaccine campaign" ask the Bishops of Kenya who fear that the prophylaxis hides a campaign of forced sterilization concerning women in ...
• 16 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Bombing continues, with less intensity", says the Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - "Bombings continue, although with less intensity compared to yesterday" says His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi to Fides Agency, where the forces of General Khali ...
• 16 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishops' strong condemnation regarding the attack against priests and religious women in Lodja Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is unacceptable to blame the church personnel who, faithful to the hierarchy, exercise their pastoral ministry", said a statement from the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of ...
• 15 October 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Contacts with the kidnappers of the Polish missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There is an ongoing dialogue with the kidnappers of Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Polish "Fidei Donum" priest, of the diocese of Tarnow, who was kidnapped on Sunday 12 October in Baboua, in the Centr ...
• 15 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The population is locked in the house, fighting continues on the outskirts of Benghazi", says the Apostolic Vicar Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is locked in the house while they is ongoing fighting in the outlying areas of the city", says His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi where today, Oct ...
• 14 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New threats to priests and religious women because of the opposition of the Bishops to the constitutional amendment Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Priests threatened and a nunnery was devastated on Sunday, October 12 in Lodja, 750 km north of Mbuji-Mayi, capital of Kasai Oriental, in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the Pastoral Le ...
• 14 October 2014
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - 30% of children between 10 and 14 years of age have been sexually abused Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Minister for Solidarity of Côte d'Ivoire, in 2014 about 30% of children between 10 and 14 years of age have been sexually abused. Teenagers are the most at risk. According to s ...
• 13 October 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Only the Church assists victims of Boko Haram in the north of Cameroon," says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "In the north of Cameroon there is a silent ongoing war which few people know about but has serious humanitarian consequences" says to Fides Agency Friar Fabio Mussi, a PIME missionary, at the he ...
• 13 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "We are greatly concerned about the well-being of the President" say civil society Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are greatly concerned about the wellbeing of President Michael Sata" say several society organisations in Zambia, including the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, in a statement sent t ...
• 11 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A Liberian boy who beat Ebola Foya (Agenzia Fides) - In the Ebola-confirmed area of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Case Management Centre (CMC) in Foya, Liberia, roughly two thirds of patients don’t survive the Ebola virus. The patients gather on wo ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "After military action, social and economic development is now necessary", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Military operations must be followed by a real economic development and the creation of State structures if one wants to stabilize Somalia", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA - The campaign "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" has been launched Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" is the title of the campaign promoted by associations of African and European civil society so that in sub-Saharan Africa the democrat ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The law that strengthens the powers of security services has been approved, the opposition protests Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On October 8, the South Sudan National Assembly approved a law that strengthens the powers of the Security Service, the National Security Service (NSS) Bill. According to what is reported in the "S ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - "May the elections on 12 October bear positive fruits" hope the Bishops Sao Tome (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) hopes that the elections to be held on October 12 in Sao Tomé and Principe is an opportunity to strengthen the co-existence of the popula ...