Africa

• 8 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The UN condemns the recruitment of child soldiers in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-The United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) has condemned the forced recruitment of civilians, among whom there are several children, on behalf of guerrilla groups (especially the M23) operatin ...
• 8 August 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram threatens Christians and Muslims," said Mgr. Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The attack on the mosque Okene shows the true nature of Boko Haram " says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, commenting on the assault waged against the main M ...
• 7 August 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishop of Chipata protests for the deportation of a priest of Rwandese origin Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)-His Exc. Mgr. George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, Bishop of Chipata, in Zambia expressed his protest against the "unfortunate deportation " of a priest of Rwandese origin, Fr. Viateur Banyangandora, past ...
• 7 August 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - "A vote in the interest of the nation and in accordance with Gospel values" ask the Bishops Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Sierra Leone call on the faithful to unity and commitment in political life in a Pastoral Letter dedicated to the general election in November. The document, sent to Fides Agency ...
• 6 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement between Khartoum and Juba on oil Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)-Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement on the price Juba has to pay to use the pipelines in Khartoum to export its oil. According to Pagan Amum, head of the south of Sudan negotiating ...
• 6 August 2012
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - At least 6 people killed in an assault on a police station in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - At least six people died in the early morning hours of August 6 in an assault on a military camp in the Cocody district located in the north of Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. ...
• 4 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga denounces the illegal exploitation of timber in Kasomeno on behalf of the Chinese Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For about 8 months, some Chinese have started an anarchic exploitation of timber in the region of Kasomeno, 150 km north of Lubumbashi (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo)" denou ...
• 3 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Emergency malnutrition: the number of deaths in South Sudan has doubled with a daily average of 5 children and 2 adults Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - More than 170 000 refugees have had to walk for weeks to cross the border and escape from the conflict and food insecurity in the Sudanese states of the Blue Nile and South Kordofan. Many have ...
• 2 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Large participation in the "March of hope" to say no to the division of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Large participation in the "March of hope", which was held yesterday, August 1 in 47 Congolese dioceses (see Fides 01/08/2012), as part of efforts to oppose the so-called "balkanization" of the ...
• 2 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Calmness returns in Nyala after clashes which caused victims and injuries in recent days Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in western Sudan, is recovering from two days of violent protests that caused deaths and injuries. A resident contacted by phone by the Catholic Radio Netw ...
• 1 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Confirmed for today the "March of Hope" to ask for peace in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The "March of hope", organized by the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of efforts to oppose the so-called "balkanization" of the Country, whose territorial integrity is ...
• 1 August 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Precarious security in Benghazi among attacks, kidnappings and assaults in prisons Tripoli (Agenzia Fides)-Bombs, kidnappings and assaults in prisons: security in Benghazi, the capital of Cyrenaica (eastern Libya) still seems precarious after about 9 months since the end of the civil war and the overth ...
• 31 July 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bombing continues in the Blue Nile Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese "Antonov" (transport planes converted into bombers) have dropped 37 bombs on villages and civilians in the State of The Blue Nile. This is what the Sudan Catholic Radio Network re ...
• 30 July 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A mysterious disease continues to claim victims among the children in the north of the country Kitgum (Agenzia Fides) - A mysterious form of epilepsy that affects children in particular, continues to spread in Uganda. So far 300 have been killed in the north of the country and in some areas of southern Sudan. The ...
• 30 July 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Alarm and concern about an uncontrollable cholera epidemic Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, is now the center of a cholera epidemic, after the first confirmed case was found in the north of the country in February. On 18 July, the first reported case ...