Africa

• 14 June 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A multinational intelligence center to fight the guerrillas of the East Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The joint intelligence center of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL), which has the task to fight armed groups acting in the area, was inaugurated in Goma, capital o ...
• 14 June 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Still deaths in the West, "There are too many weapons in circulation" reports the Bishop of Man Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of insecurity is real, especially in areas bordering Liberia. There are too many weapons still in circulation, criminal gangs that attack villages and create roadblocks on the roads ...
• 13 June 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Tensions in different parts of Libya, but the people want peace and tranquility Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing tensions in different parts of Libya as a result of attacks and clashes between militias. In Misratha, a bomb hit the local headquarters of the International Red Cross, injuri ...
• 13 June 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Give back the $ 4 billion stolen from the State" enjoins President Kiir to 75 officials Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Parliament of South Sudan has passed a resolution suspending 75 addressees of the letter from public office in which President Salva Kiir urges them to give back $ 4 billion stolen from state f ...
• 12 June 2012
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The Salafists are few but well organized Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The Salafists are few but are concentrated in crowds in the places where they stage their protests. In this sense they make a bad impression" says to Fides Agency Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Direc ...
• 12 June 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - At least two armed groups deployed against the independence of northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in northern Mali gets more and more complicated, which has been controlled for a few months by at least two rebel movements, the MNLA (National Liberation Movement of Azawad which p ...
• 11 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are dealing with a group of criminals, we are not dealing with ethnic and religious cleansing," said Mgr. Kaigama, who calls for caution Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are dealing with a group of criminals who think that the Church is an enemy, because in their eyes it embodies Western culture. But I do not think that this is the vision of the majority of Mu ...
• 11 June 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Civilians fleeing the south-west after the killing of 7 "Blue Helmets" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The population is fleeing their villages in the south-west of Côte d'Ivoire after the ambush on 8 June that claimed the lives of seven "Blue Helmets", from Niger, of the UN Force in Côte d'Ivo ...
• 8 June 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Clashes between rebels in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The separation between the two groups has now fully been realized" says Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali to Fides, confirming reports of clashes in the north bet ...
• 8 June 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Mobile Libraries for orphaned and vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The activity of mobile libraries for orphaned and vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS and for youth in situations of conflict has just been launched in Abidjan. The project, sponsored by the Ass ...
• 8 June 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops of Kivu launch the alarm of a large scale war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There are consistent indications that evoke the specter of a war which still has hidden reasons". This was the warning given by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu in eastern ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE-Health care for the inhabitants of the district of Caia and 3 other neighboring districts Padua (Agenzia Fides) - After 3 long years of waiting, a new hospital in the district of Caia, in the province of Sofala has just opened. According to information Fides received, thus far health activities were carried o ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The Catholic community has resumed its activities," says the Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi Benghazi(Agenzia Fides) - "We have resumed the normal pace of our activities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi, in Libya. "Today, for example, we celebrate the Novena of Our ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Serious human rights violations in the north continue Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Mali for the Protection of Human Rights (AMHR) has reported serious violations of human rights in the North African area controlled by Tuareg rebels and the armed Islamist grou ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 16 suspected members of Boko Haram killed in a security operation Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were killed in a major operation conducted by the army in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. After having surrounde ...