Africa

• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Training courses for Sudanese teachers in refugee camps in Chad Abeche (Agenzia Fides) - In Chad, in the city of Abeche, 70 primary school teachers in Sudanese refugee camps, in the eastern part of the Country, have attended a training course for the teaching of Arabic and mathematic ...
• 14 October 2013
  AFRICA - The Bishops of North Africa: "Our Countries have also become places of immigration" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis’ appeal to go to the "suburbs" urges us to live the call of the Incarnation in humility, service and with hope" say the members of the Conférence des Evêques de la Région Nord de ...
• 11 October 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violence against civilians in the territory of Masisi Masisi (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, September 27 armed groups clashed in the area of Osso - Banyungu, near Masisi, province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There were also attacks against civilians in ...
• 10 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two years after the massacre of Maspero, Copts are still waiting for justice Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the massacre of Maspero, which on October 9, 2011 saw 23 Christian Coptics massacred by the departments of the Egyptian army, hundreds of militant movements and acrony ...
• 10 October 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In the wake of the cyclone Haruna Sarodrano (Agenzia Fides) - About 50,000 people were seriously damaged by the cyclone Haruna that, for several days, brought torrential rains on the west coast of Madagascar. The floods ceased completely in May, finally ...
• 9 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - 79,087 cases and 362 children under 5 years of age have died from severe acute malnutrition Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - From January to September this year hundreds of children under 5 years of age died from malnutrition in the central eastern region of Zinder. In Zinder the disease is endemic, according to the la ...
• 9 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tension in North Kivu increases Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC) increases due to the transfer, operated without any coordination with the local authorities, of refugees from Tanzania. Accordi ...
• 8 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Calm returns in Bangassou. "Now we need to reconcile the souls" says the Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday we saw Abdallah , the "warlord" who had spread terror in Bangassou. He was put on a plane to be transported to Bangui, where he will be judged for the crimes committed", says to Fides A ...
• 8 October 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The work of Annalena Tonelli is still alive 10 years after her murder Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - 10 years have gone by since the killing of Annalena Tonelli, the Italian volunteer who for 33 years had assisted the Somali population affected by tuberculosis. Annalena was killed on the even ...
• 7 October 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Eight children have disappeared from Nosy Be Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - There are eight children who have disappeared in recent months from Nosy Be, an island in Madagascar where three people (one French, one Italian and one Malagasy) were tortured and killed b ...
• 4 October 2013
  AFRICA - Lampedusa : "To fight against traffickers and help migrant Countries" proposes Mgr.Bertin Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To put human trafficking organizations under control and help the social, political and economic development of migrant Countries. These are the proposals made in an interview with Fides, by Mgr. ...
• 4 October 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Still tension in Nosy Be after the killing of three people accused of having killed and mutilated a child Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Nosy Be is still very tense because the demonstrations of the population continue and the authorities have imposed a curfew at night. At least three Ministers are on the s ...
• 2 October 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – Interreligious prayer for the victims of the attack at the Westgate Mall Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders from Kenya have unanimously condemned the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. As reported by CISA Agency, a special interreligious prayer service was held on Oct ...
• 2 October 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Do we still have a functioning state? " Asks Caritas Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Do we still have a functioning state?". Is the title of the statement sent to Fides Agency by Caritas Zambia in which concern about the deterioration of the state functions in the country are ex ...
• 1 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - In Bangassou the population rebels against the abuses of Seleka. "The situation is explosive", warns the Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an explosive situation that is likely to cause a tragedy" says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan Jose Aguirre Munos, Bishop of Bangassou, where in the neighborhood of Tokoyo, the inhabitants have ...