Africa

• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI- Tensions on the line of demarcation between the army and rebels, waiting for the talks in Ouagadougou Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The tension on the front line in the Mopti area are probably related to the negotiations which should open in Ouagadougou. This is the opinion that prevails in Mali, as reported to Fides Agency b ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the idea to divide Egypt to create a "Coptic State " is irrational Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Coptic diaspora who launched the idea to divide Egypt to create a Coptic State are "irrational". This is what Pope Tawadros II in person said, for two months at the helm of the ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Pending the start of negotiations with the rebels, South Africa sends troops to Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa has sent about 200 soldiers to support the security of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, under threat from Seleka rebels. Despite the peace talks that open on Janu ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement to demarcate the boundaries between the two Countries and create a series of administrative, legislative bodies and police in t ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Childhood penalized, 200,000 children at risk for malnutrition Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Every day around the world 19 000 children die, and one third of these deaths are related to malnutrition. There are countries where the hunger problem is particularly severe. Among them, the young ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A million internally displaced persons: a problem that needs to be addressed urgently according to Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The internally displaced people are the main victims of the conflict and are still the biggest problem in the Country," says the latest report of Caritas Somalia sent to Fides Agency. Despit ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Comboni missionary beaten by the military for defending the pygmies Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Comboni missionary, Fr. Franco Laudani, was arrested and beaten by soldiers of the Congolese army (FARDC). This was denounced on the Congolese Bishops' Conference website. According to report ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Message from the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples to the Bishops and faithful Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, has sent the following message to the Bishops and faithful of Central Africa: "The Congre ...
• 3 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA- The Ministry of Defence and the Chief of Staff substituted Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African Republic President François Bozizé destituted the Defense Minister, his son Jean-Francis Bozizé, and the Chief of Staff, General Guillaume Lapo. The Head of State, who has ...
• 3 January 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA -The priest’s health condition, who was injured at Christmas on the island of Zanzibar, is improving Dar Es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Ambrose Mkenda’s health condition is improving, the Catholic priest wounded by unknown gunmen on Christmas Day, on the island of Zanzibar. According to local Church sources contacte ...
• 2 January 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The leader of the M23 political wing is not a Catholic Bishop Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Jean-Marie Runiga Rugerero (or Lugerero), self-styled leader of the M23 political wing, the rebel movement that operates in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), is not a Catholic ...
• 2 January 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - Mgr. Russo can return to Chad and guide the diocese of Doba N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Michele Russo, Bishop of Doba, can return to Chad and resume his apostolic ministry in his diocese. This was announced in a press release by the Ministry of Communication of Ch ...
• 2 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - The Church calls for dialogue to resolve the crisis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing concern in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, before the advancing of rebels of the coalition Seleka. "At the moment the situation is calm in the city, but one live ...
• 29 December 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Archbishop Rugambwa in Sierra Leone for the ordination of the Bishop of Makeni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Protase Rugambwa, Secretary Adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will pay a visit in Sierra ...
• 29 December 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholic Senators will not resign, so they give a sign of willingness to cooperate Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Senators members of the Shura, the upper house of the Egyptian Parliament, will remain and not follow the footsteps of Nadia Henry, their Anglican colleague who resigned in protest ag ...