Africa

• 13 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "The Constitution cannot be eaten, but can ensure food on our tables" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Even though we cannot eat a Constitution, a good Constitution will ensure that there is food on our tables, medicine in our hospitals and that quality education is offered in our schools," Fr. C ...
• 13 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Mathias I’s visit postponed. No "Coptic mediation" on the Ethiopian dam Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Mathias I has postponed his visit to Egypt which should have taken place on 17 June. The postponment of the visit belies the assumptions circula ...
• 13 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - Gunfight in Niamey, maybe it was a false alarm Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – It seems that the shooting near the national gendarmerie school of Niamey, capital of Niger, on the night between 11 and 12 June is not as serious as one thought. A missionary source told Fides ...
• 12 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Rebels and regular army officers united in the illicit trade of Congolese minerals Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The lucrative trade in tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been controlled by violent armed groups and factions of the government army for 15 years," t ...
• 12 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Instability in southern Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people have fled in recent days from the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia, because of the fighting between the two "warlords", which are fighting for the control of Jubalan ...
• 12 June 2013
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major inter-diocesan Seminary "La Purisima" in Bata Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 8, 2013 appointed rev. Gervasio Riloha Bela, of the diocesan clergy of Ebebiyin as Rector o ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Human trafficking causes thousands of street children Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - One of the main reasons why many young people live on the streets in Sierra Leone is trafficking. After being mistreated, abused, many have no choice but to flee. Thousands find themselves livi ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Young Catholics from Senegal for peace in Casamance Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - La Jeunesse Etudiante Catholique (JEC) of Senegal is committed to peace in the Casamance region of Senegal wedged between Gambia and Guinea Bissau, for decades in the throes of a "low-intensity" s ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - The Concordat signed by Cape Verde and the Holy See arouses the interest of the Bishops of Angola Praia (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, yesterday 10 June, signed the Concordat between the Holy See and Cape Verde, in Praia. The agreement was signed on beh ...
• 10 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - The first Bishop from Niger in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mauro Armanino, SMA Missionary sent to Fides Agency the following testimony on the taking-possession of Msg. Djalwana Laurent Lompo, Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey held yesterday, Sunday June 9. ...
• 8 June 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudanese air force raid on the Nuba Mountains on the second anniversary of the war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Two MIG fighters of the aviation of Khartoum dropped four bombs on the village of Kauda, in the Nuba Mountains. This was reported by the Sudan Catholic Radio Network, according to which the ra ...
• 8 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Don Apollinaire Malumalu elected President of the Independent National Electoral Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On June 7th Don Apollinaire Malumalu was elected President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), by the National Assembly, the legislative chamber of the Congolese Democrati ...
• 7 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Two Presbyterian pastors illegally detained since May 19 Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Two pastors of the Presbyterian Church have been held since 19 May by the authorities of South Sudan, that prevent any contact with the detainees’ relatives and their lawyers. This was revealed ...
• 7 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The UN denounces new violence against civilians in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Extrajudicial executions as well as other serious human rights violations were committed in and around the town of Pinga in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). This was revealed ...
• 6 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam involves Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (and even Israel?) Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam which is currently under construction on the Blue Nile is creating tension between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. According to a report published by a tri ...