Africa

• 24 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Comboni Missionaries have launched a petition to abolish death penalty Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Comboni Missionaries (MCCJ) have launched a petition for the abolition of the death penalty in South Sudan. The petition was addressed to the Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan gathered in Juba, ...
• 21 September 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Fighting malnutrition among children under 5 years of age suffering from rickets Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar, about half of the children under 5 years of age are rickety because of the irreversible effects of malnutrition that affect them during the first thousand days of life. These ...
• 21 September 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 25 million Nigerians at risk for torrential rain Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 25 million Nigerians who live along the banks of the rivers in the States of Niger, Benue, Sokoto, Katsina Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Cross River are likely to su ...
• 21 September 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tension in Cairo, but the Muslim Brotherhood seem to want to calm things down Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension is high, because protest demonstrations are expected because of the caricatures which appeared on a French satirical newspaper that offended the Prophet Mohammed. The embassy, consula ...
• 20 September 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A new home for street children Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - A reception center for street children was recently inaugurated in Luanda, Angola. The house, which runs as a center both during the day and night is dedicated to St. Kizito, a Ugandan boy who wa ...
• 20 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Year of Faith at the center of the Plenary Assembly of the Sudanese Bishops Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan started their Plenary Assembly in Juba (South Sudan) yesterday, September 19. At the heart of the works of the Assembly, which will last one week, there are thr ...
• 20 September 2012
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Serious and unjustifiable offences. No to provocation and violence " says the Church in Tunisia Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Some serious and unjustifiable offences hit in recent days the sensitivity of many Muslim believers in Tunisia and around the world," is what is said in a statement sent to Fides Agency, signed b ...
• 19 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Agreement reached for the Marikana mine, but more unrest in other mines is feared: Bishop Dowling’s opinion Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to wait and see what the workers’ reaction will be from other mines in the area to understand if the agreement reached yesterday will bring peace," said to Fides Agency His Exc. ...
• 19 September 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Areas of instability in the DRC are multiplying Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – It is not just the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo which for months has been devastated by the guerrilla group M23 to raise concerns about the stability of the large Afr ...
• 19 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Warning of a suspected outbreak of cholera that has already made many victims Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - A suspected outbreak of cholera has already killed several people in the southern Somali village of Hoosingo, Badade district in Lower Juba region. The alert launched by the government and hea ...
• 18 September 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - More than 100 victims in the tribal clashes; the Church asks "politicians not to incite the people" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The discovery of a mass grave in the Tana River District, in Kenya, has increased the fear that more than 100 people have been killed in recent clashes between the Pokomo and Orma communities, f ...
• 18 September 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The West African Countries discuss the intervention in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The sending of a military force in Mali has been the focus of a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), which was held yesterday ...
• 17 September 2012
  AFRICA/DRC - Emergency for refugees from the Central African Republic without any source of livelihood Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,700 people who fled from the attacks in Central African Republic (CAR) have poured into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Acco ...
• 17 September 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Calm is back in Cairo; protesters paid to provoke clashes? Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Cairo has now normalized. Calm has returned around the U.S. Embassy and in Tahrir Square. Traffic is back to normal and works are carried out to resettle the streets, scene of ac ...
• 15 September 2012
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Arab Christians are hurt as much as and with Muslims," says the director of the PMS Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - We as Christians of the East, as Christians of the Arab world feel hurt when things happen like this happen," says to Fides Agency Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Soc ...