Africa

• 18 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "In Central Africa we risk a new bloodbath" says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Central African Republic is very tense everywhere", writes Fr. Aurelio Gazzera to Fides Agency, a Carmelite missionary who has just returned from Bangui to Bozoum, where he ...
• 18 November 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Foundation stone laid at the Catholic University of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Laying the foundation stone of the Catholic University of South Sudan means inscribing in the stone the strong hope for the future of the institution and a vision of South Sudan", said Mgr. Eduard ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Still instability in North Kivu: new attacks against civilians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The defeat of the M23, the main guerrilla group operating in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), must not allow to forget that in the Congolese province at least 40 other armed g ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Armed militiamen attack farmers and take turns raping women farmers in North Darfur Saraf Omra (Agenzia Fides) - Groups of armed men on horseback or on camels attacked the farmers of Saraf Omra, North Darfur, sowing terror and violence. Unfortunately a group of women farmers were captured and raped in t ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - French priest kidnapped by Boko Haram: to Fides the testimony of the previous pastor Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch was abducted by Boko Haram and was taken to Nigeria. This was officially announced by the Cameroonian authorities. The French priest was taken away by fifteen armed men ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Good knowledge of other religions at the basis for dialogue between Christians and Muslims" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian should take a bold step to study Islam while the Muslim should take bold step to study the Christian Religion. This knowledge of the facts of each other’s religion will go a long ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Difficulty of access to deficient health facilities for 320,000 inhabitants of Pujehun Pujehun (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as you enter the Pujehun district, located in the South Province, the asphalt ends and, with the rainy season, the road is full of holes and puddles, there are no links with rural areas, ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The social market economy at the service of the individual and the community Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - How to ensure that the economy is really an engine for the promotion of individuals and society? This is the theme of the meeting, dedicated to social market economy, held yesterday in Kinshasa ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Fidei Donum priest kidnapped Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - A French priest, Father Georges Vandenbeusch, 42, was kidnapped in Cameroon, yesterday, 13 November, around 11.30 pm local time, says to to Fides Agency Mgr. Henri Djonyang, Vicar General of the ...
• 13 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Rwandan military deployed 3 km from Goma, civil society denounces Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Rwandan military have entered Congolese territory where they are lined up 3 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). This was revealed in a note sent to F ...
• 13 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian deputies open an investigation into the management of oil Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Representatives of the Federation of Nigeria has begun an investigation regarding the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the state agency that handles foreign sales of Ni ...
• 12 November 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholics and Anglicans together for peace in the Great Lakes Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The joint campaign of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC, which brings together the Catholic Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda) an ...
• 12 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 7000 inhabitants in South Darfur do not have drinking water and basic services Adila (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 residents in Mazroub, north of Adila, South Darfur, are short of basic services. According to information from local Radio Dabanga there is no doctor in the entire area. Patients o ...
• 12 November 2013
  AFRICA - Typhoon in the Philippines: solidarity in Africa springs into action Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The tragedy that struck the Philippines, devastated by typhoon Haiyan, has aroused emotion in Africa, particularly in Libya where there is a strong community of Filipino immigrants. As reported in ...
• 11 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Calm returns in Bouar, Caritas in aid of the displaced Bangui ( Agenzia Fides) - Calm has returned in Bouar, the city in the northwest of the Central African Republic, at the center of clashes between former Seleka rebels (who formally took power at the end of March) and som ...