Africa

• 6 June 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - More than 52,000 Congolese expelled from Angola in 3 weeks; an NGO reports cases of sexual violence Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - 52.231 people have crossed the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last three weeks, expelled by force by the authorities in Luanda. This was reported by the NGO ...
• 5 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Protect Somali nationals in South Africa", The Prime Minister of Somalia’s appeal to President Zuma Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "I appeal to the government of the Republic of South Africa as a matter of urgency to intervene and contain this unnecessary and unfortunate violence against Somali business communities to ...
• 5 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The important thing is to be close to the poor," says the Bishop of the devastated Diocese of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am walking as usual. We have no other means because all the vehicles available to the diocese and the missionaries were stolen," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Munos, Bi ...
• 4 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - The assault on the prison of Niamey reveals the links between Boko Haram and groups of Mali Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The assault on the prison of Niamey (see Fides 03/06/2013) was carried out by a commando of the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram sect. This was stated by the Minister of Justice of Niger who noted th ...
• 4 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The opposition warns the ruling party: "dissolve the militia or we will be forced to defend ourselves" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Nevers Mumba, President of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), the main opposition party in Zambia, has demanded the ruling party, the Patriotic Front (PF), to dissolve the youth militia ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - About a dozen people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Ten people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey on Saturday, June 1, during which about twenty prisoners escaped, including some dangerous jihadists. This was stated to Fides Agency b ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pre-meditated attack against a peaceful gathering in a church Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Oasis Forum and its constituent members are appalled and shocked by the behavior of the Patriotic Front (PF, the ruling party) cadres who attacked a peaceful gathering of several civil socie ...
• 29 May 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eritrean refugees protest against the regime in Asmara Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly three thousand Eritrean refugees have protested in the camp of Berahle in the Afar region of Ethiopia a few kilometers from the border with Eritrea. The protesters wanted to draw the ...
• 29 May 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALILAND - More severe penalties to curb rapes in Somaliland Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - According to official estimates, there were about 5,000 cases of rape in Somaliland in 2012, compared to 4,000 in 2011. The figures of Sexual Assaults Referral Centre (SARC), indicates an incre ...
• 24 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "British-born Adebolajo is not a Nigerian": the Nigerian community in London react Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian press is giving prominence to the murder of British soldier which took place on May 22 in the London area of Woolwish, by two people carrying weapons. The first identified killer, Mic ...
• 23 May 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tensions in North Kivu on the eve of Ban Ki-moon’s visit Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30,000 refugees in camps in North Kivu (eastern DRC) have fled because of the fighting between the Congolese army and the rebels of the M23. This was stated by sources of the UN High ...
• 23 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - Fear of further outbreaks of cholera in refugee camps Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - In Niger, a cholera epidemic has affected 248 people in Ayorou, in the northwestern region of Tillabéry. According to the health offices of Tillabéry and the United Nations Agency for Refugees ...
• 22 May 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - "The Church is object of persecution but the government does not intervene" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The recent attack carried out during the inauguration of the parish of St. Joseph the Worker in Arusha (see Fides 6 and 7 May, 2013) is only the latest in a series of acts of persecution a ...
• 22 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "Nigeria now almost totters on the brink. Prayer is essential to restore peace" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Catholic Church in Nigeria have warned against the granting of blanket amnesty to members of the Boko Haram terrorist group describing such an act as an "endorsement of crimin ...
• 21 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – Bishops say: "Yes to the State of emergency but it is politicians have to work for peace," Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the President’s efforts to put national challenges under control," said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ni ...