Africa

• 13 February 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Tension rises between South Sudan and Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last two months we have noticed an unusual strengthening of Sudanese troops along the common border," said Deputy Minister of Defense of South Sudan, Majak Agot. The representative of Sout ...
• 13 February 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Apostolic Prefect of Robe to the faithful: "Let us show how much we love and we care about our Mother Church" Robe (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11, on the same day as the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe celebrated the first anniversary of its erection, the Holy Father Benedict XVI comunicated his resignation as Supreme Pontiff of ...
• 13 February 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "To help child soldiers we need to build schools" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We found that children who voluntarily enter into armed groups are those who do not go to school. This is why it is important that in North Kivu there are always more schools and educated yout ...
• 12 February 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders consulted on the crisis of the Malian army Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Prime Minister met with the religious leaders of Mali, including the Archbishop of Bamako, His Exc. Mgr. Jean Zerbo, to ask their opinion on how to handle the fight within the Malian army" s ...
• 12 February 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- There is still instability despite the new government of national unity Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of a national unity government has not yet put an end to the instability in the Central African Republic. According to local media, the rebels Seleka of the coalition, which receive ...
• 4 February 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Risk of explosive devices scattered throughout the country continues to be high Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of land mines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) scattered in different parts of Somalia during the last decades of conflict are creating a new source of threat to the security achi ...
• 4 February 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The situation is improving but the crisis is not over; Bishop of Mopti’s appeal for the displaced Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is improving gradually, but the crisis is not over," says to Fides Agency Father Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali. "There is in particular an improveme ...
• 4 February 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Religious leaders call for a truly independent Electoral Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An Election Commission that is indeed "independent, autonomous and neutral" is what the religious denominations of the Democratic Republic of Congo through their spokesman, don Donatien Shole, ...
• 1 February 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - "The need to face the challenge of national reconciliation immediately" ask the Bishops Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Bishops and for the majority of Malians the main challenge is the reconciliation of the nation," says to Fides Agency Don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of ...
• 1 February 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - One of the five countries in the world where there is 50% of maternal mortality Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Every year, about 25,000 women die from complications during childbirth, and another 500 thousand suffer long-term disability due to pregnancy and birth complications. This is what emerges f ...
• 1 February 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Negotiations with the M23 cannot alter the Constitution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the dialogue between the government delegation and the March 23 Movement (M23), being held in Kampala, new divergences appeared and the suspension of dialogue was feared. In particular, the ...
• 31 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - About 300 Sudanese refugees arrive in South Sudan every day. The UNHCR is preparing a new refugee camp Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 177,000 refugees from South Kordofan hosted by South Sudan, particularly in the settlement of Yida (which only accommodates 61,000 people) in the State of Unity. To cope with t ...
• 31 January 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Two religious communities forced to leave Cyrenaica, complaint by Mgr. Martinelli, "In coming days we expect difficult times" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Two religious communities leave Cyrenaica after being pressured by fundamentalists" is the complaint made to Fides Agency by His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Trip ...
• 30 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Funding for AIDS drugs have halved while the Country must cope with flood damage Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The contributions donated by the International Fund to Fight AIDS have halved, it is a real alarm. The funds allowed nearly 500,000 people to regularly get ARVs" is Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba’s c ...
• 30 January 2013
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Marriages between adult men and minor girls still go unpunished Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of early marriages between adult men and young girls still children, continues to be very serious in the world. Recent data highlight that about 70 million women between 20-24 yea ...