Africa

• 6 December 2012
  AFRICA/RDC - The first displaced are returning but violence and looting still continue Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and looting in Goma still continue despite the M23 rebels promised to withdraw and every day many trucks depart to the north of the country. In a statement released by the Education Centre ...
• 6 December 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Zaki: It is not appropriate that Church Leaders give direct indication to boycott the constitutional referendum Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - The new Constitution that President Morsi persists in wanting to submit to a popular referendum on 15 December, "divides the Country and cannot represent the text of reference of the unity of ...
• 5 December 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacre in Masisi: "this area of North Kivu must also be protected," said the JRS Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 28 people were killed in Masisi since November 29, as a consequence of an on-going fighting between rival armed groups. This was denounced in a statement sent to Fides Agency by the Of ...
• 5 December 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Raid against Islamist cell that was preparing to send fighters in Mali and Somalia Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese authorities announced they have dismantled a cell of Islamist extremists who were planning attacks on foreign diplomatic representatives and government officials. The security forc ...
• 5 December 2012
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - The ordination of two deacons concludes the meeting of the Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau Santiago de Cabo Verde (Agenzia Fides) - The inter-territorial Episcopal Conference of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, held from 26 November to 2 December, its first ordinary meeting of the pastoral ye ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Relative calm in Goma after the arrival of soldiers and police officers sent from Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The M23 has withdrawn from the center of Goma, but still controls the airport and the surroundings of the city. It has not withdrawn 20 km from Goma as it was announced, " says to Fides Agency ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/DRC - Two hundred thousand children at risk in armed conflicts in Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the two Congolese provinces of Kivu there are more than 1 million 600 thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs). The recent arrival of the rebels of the M23 in the eastern city of Goma ha ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Illegal immigration in Somaliland increases Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Many young people of the Republic of Somaliland continue to emigrate illegally, mainly because of lack of work. They pass through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya towards Europe. According to the Mini ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Somali immigrants accuse the security forces of abuse Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A number of Somalis took to the streets of Juba, capital of South Sudan, after the killing of their country man. A witness told Bakhita Radio said the deceased was an entrepreneur who was killed ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - New food crisis in Malawi, denounces a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of Malawi, the district of Balaka is among the most affected, so many people are starving," writes to Fides Agency Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for over 30 ye ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - An investigation into alleged violence of the soldiers in the south has been announced Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Madagascar has announced the opening of an investigation to see if the soldiers involved in the "Tandroka" operation committed violence against civilians. "Authorities den ...
• 30 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "More than persecution against Christians one should speak about the weakening of the rule of law," said the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of a political will to end to impunity and enthrone the rule of law, a corrupt judiciary system and balkanization by Europe and the United States have been identified as some of the cause ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Civilians of the Nuba Mountains victims of a forgotten war, only the Church is a beacon of hope," the complaint of Mgr. Gassis Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The bombings are carried out on daily basis and what saddens me most is that even the universal Church seems to have forgotten us, the people of the Nuba Mountains. At least remember us in the ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - From the warm Africa radiators for the poor who live in the cold of Norway Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Africa does not want Norway to suffer from cold and with this objective launches an unprecedented internet campaign. Africa for Norway is a video that has reached over one million people on YouTub ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - The African Church will set up "Faith, Culture and Development" Organ Dar-Es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Africa has decided to set up an organ that will deal with "Faith, Culture and Development." The participants agreed to a workshop meeting that was held on November 2 ...