Africa

• 9 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Civilians killed in the clash between the military and Boko Haram: confirmation on behalf of the Bishop of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There are also a number of civilians who were killed in a shooting between members of Boko Haram and the Nigerian military that took place yesterday, October 8, in Maiduguri, in the northeastern S ...
• 8 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Operation against Boko Haram, but attacks continue Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Weekend marked by violence in various parts of Nigeria. At least 17 people were killed in the village of Doko Kuka, in the State of Yobo. According to reports from the website of the newspaper "Ni ...
• 8 October 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - A conference on St. Massimiliano M. Kolbe, a precursor of the new evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) – From 8 to 10 October, the Franciscans of the Immaculate have organized, at the International College of the Holy Land in Rome, a Conference of studies on St. Massimiliano M. Kolbe on the occasion ...
• 8 October 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Still tensions for the miners made redundant, trade unionists targeted by mysterious killer Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains very tense and one does not know what developments there will be in the coming hours" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowling, Bishop of Rustenburg (South Af ...
• 5 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Who caused the failure of the summit on Kivu? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is unthinkable that one person, representative of an increasingly despotic and dictatorial regime, is able to derail an international meeting for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo," ...
• 5 October 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The two Coptic children accused of insulting Islam have been released; "decisive" intervention attributed to President Morsi Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Prosecutor General ordered yesterday afternoon, October 4, the release of the two Coptic Orthodox children who had been taken the previous day to a juvenile detention after being accu ...
• 5 October 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lack of funds increases fears of a further spread of malaria Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – The annual meeting of the World Health Organization has just ended in Hanoi in the course of which the lack of funds to monitor migrants in the country was highlighted, which is likely to worsen ...
• 5 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Massacre of students: " Boko Haram suspected," said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Each clue indicates that it is an action carried out by Boko Haram" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, comm ...
• 4 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGER - Infant mortality rate decreases, but malnutrition and food insecurity increases Niamey (Agency) - Since 1998, Niger has almost halved the rate of infant mortality, a significant drop that has highlighted the benefits of universal free health care for children and pregnant women, as well as the incre ...
• 4 October 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - After 20 years since the peace agreement, the Bishops ask to strengthen democracy Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Mozambique celebrates today, October 4th, the 20th anniversary of the peace agreement that put an end to nearly two decades of civil war that erupted after the independence from Portugal. The lo ...
• 4 October 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - A Jesuit priest killed for robbery Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Bruno was the victim of a violent assault and suffered a brutal death. The local Jesuit community is devastated," said to Fides the Church sources in Antananarivo, capital of Madagasca ...
• 4 October 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two Copt children arrested for insulting the Koran: a "Rimsha case " in Egypt? Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The arrest of two Coptic Orthodox children accused of urinating on the pages of the Koran is just the latest manifestation of a "growing hatred toward Egyptian Christians that is expressed in many ...
• 3 October 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rapes and violence against innocent little victims still go unpunished Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A wave of recent cases of rape has sparked local criticism on the weakness of the justice system in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where inadequate resources and incompetence provide littl ...
• 2 October 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - October 13 - opening of the Year of Faith; "Maria, increase our faith" theme of the 8 December pilgrimage Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of Faith in Guinea-Bissau will officially begin on Saturday, October 13 in Bissau. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Diocesan Secretariat for the Pastoral care of the Dioces ...
• 2 October 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Even for disabled children an opportunity to receive adequate education Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar there are about 200 000 children who are excluded from school because they are handicapped. In 2008, the Government had issued a decree with the introduction of a program prov ...