Africa

• 19 July 2012
  AFRICA - A million severely malnourished children in Sahel Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A million severely malnourished children are waiting to receive care in Sahel. According to the latest figures released by UNICEF, it is the highest number in the history of humanitarian aid. This ...
• 19 July 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tens of thousands of people in Somaliland have no home or food or health care Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Due to severe drought that has hit most of the Republic of Somaliland for 4 years, about 120 000 people in coastal regions, central and western are in urgent need of food. The areas most in nee ...
• 18 July 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Chronic malnutrition is a silent crisis: one of the most severe problems in the country Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Madagascar is one of the six countries where there is the highest rate of undernourishment in the world. Half of all children in the country under five years of age suffer from chronic maln ...
• 17 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Conclusion of the Congregation of Procurators of the Society of Jesus; we need to think of Africa from a different perspective Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The 70th Congregation of Procurators of the Society of Jesus, which for the first time in its history was held in Africa, Kenya, from July 9 to 15 (see Fides 06/07/2012) decided that it is not n ...
• 17 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The key to overcoming poverty: involving African women in the economy Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - During the Second Economic Summit of African Women, which has just ended in Lagos, after two days of work what was highlighted was the fact that the economic support to women is the key to tacklin ...
• 16 July 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta has formally been proclaimed patroness of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe Robe (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, July 14 in Goba, a city in south-central Ethiopia in the area of Bale, in the Region of Oromia, about 446 km south-east of Addis Ababa, Father Angelo Antolini, OFM Cap., Director of ...
• 16 July 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Famine and insecurity at the base of the exodus of refugees from Mali; the project of the Camillian Task Force Dori (Agenzia Fides) - "Hunger and insecurity are the driving force behind this exodus that, if it has not yet taken on biblical proportions, it seems destined to grow" says to Fides brother Luca Perletti, a Camillian, d ...
• 13 July 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - New inauguration of the Cathedral of Lwena, a sign of rebirth and hope Lwena (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio of São Tomé and Principe, His Exc. Mgr. Novatus Rugambwa, presided along with some Angolan Bishops, the celebration of the inauguration of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Lw ...
• 12 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christians and Muslims warn of the danger of sectarian war Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, says a report prepared by a joint Christian-Muslim delegation that recently visited Niger ...
• 12 July 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "No to the cultural leveling, yes to the rediscovery of the richness of African culture," said Cardinal Sarr Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The time has come in Africa to say no to cultural leveling, a consequence of globalization," said Cardinal Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) and First Vice President of the Symposium o ...
• 11 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 220,000 internally displaced since the beginning of the mutiny of the soldiers in the east Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 220,000 people are displaced in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since a group of military deserters from the Congolese national army (FARDC) has formed a new band of guerrill ...
• 11 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The military accomplices in the assault at the cemetery in Plateau State? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - New details emerge on the massacre committed on Sunday, July 8 in the cemetery of Matsi (town of Barkin Ladi, in the Plateau State of Nigeria, (see Fides 10/7/2012) during the funeral of the victi ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The integrity of national territory is not negotiable," say the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the balkanization of Congo. No to the division of the Country," say the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a message made public at the end of their Plenary Assembly held in ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram claims the massacre at the funeral of the victims of Barkin Ladi Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist group Boko Haram claimed the killing of Sunday, July 8th in Jos, capital of central-eastern Nigerian state of Plateau, during the funerals of some of the 63 victims of the massacre of ...
• 9 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The problem is the clash between Fulani and Birom" says the Archbishop of Jos after recent massacres Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The massacre is brought about by the confrontation between farmers and herders. It is an old problem that has not been solved yet" says to Fides His. Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop o ...