Africa

• 28 June 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Malnutrition, lack of food, rickets: children between 6 and 23 months the most vulnerable Brickaville (Agenzia Fides) - In the months of May and June, Madagascar has abundance of rice crops and fruit, but this year hurricane Giovanna and the effects of tropical storm Irina, which hit the country from January ...
• 28 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 18 victims in clashes between security forces and Boko Haram in the north of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll is 18 due to the violent clashes on June 26 in Kano (north of Nigeria) between security forces and a group belonging to the Islamic sect Boko Haram. In the clashes a police officer ...
• 27 June 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Controversy for the publication of a UN report on the support of Rwanda to the Congolese guerrilla Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The UN Security Council decided on June 26 to publish a controversial document in which it denounced the Minister of Defence of Rwanda and several Rwandans senior officers as supporters of the ...
• 27 June 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Jesuits at a Conference on Social apostolate, after 50 years of independence in Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits from over 15 African countries gathered from June 24 to 28 in Nairobi, Kenya, for a seminar on "the Jesuit Social Apostolate in Africa to test the budget of independence: the role of ...
• 27 June 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Drinking water and sanitation: rural areas are more scarce and more prone to diseases Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia just over half the population, a total of 83 million inhabitants, can now benefit from clean water and sanitation. According to experts of the World Bank's Ethiopia, although the ...
• 26 June 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Illiteracy rate favors poverty in rural areas Lubango (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent study by the Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) Antena/Huila, NGOs and voluntary associations that offers aid in case of disasters, calamities and wars and at the ...
• 26 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Let's stop terrorism now because a dangerous level of tension has been reached" warn the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a primary task of the government to guarantee the safety of life and property of citizens across the nation. There is no excuse not to fulfill this primary duty." It is the warning launched ...
• 25 June 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Bishop of Luxor appreciates the words of the new President of Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I consider Mohammed Mursi’s victory positive, with the hope that now all work in a spirit of cooperation to renew the Country," says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Youhannes Zakaria, Coptic Catholic Bi ...
• 25 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram wants to destabilize the government," says President Jonathan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist sect Boko Haram wants to destabilize the government and therefore attacks Christian places of worship, seeking to divide Christians from Muslims. This is the meaning of the speech on ...
• 23 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Boko Haram threatens more attacks: there are 300 suicide bombers who are ready Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm in the Christian community in Nigeria after the terrorist group Boko Haram, author of several recent attacks on Christian churches, issued a threat to carry out new attacks in order to make ...
• 23 June 2012
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops condemn violence and call for peaceful confrontation Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - In the phase of social tension that exists in Togo, it is necessary to seek peaceful and constructive confrontation, without degenerating into gratuitous violence: So says the local Church, which ...
• 22 June 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Maternal Infant Care and tuberculosis Center, assistance to AIDS patients in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the capital Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, out of 80 million inhabitants, only 0.7% are Catholic, but the Catholic Church runs 12% of medical centers throughout the country, all included in the public health system. In K ...
• 21 June 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - Biso na Biso: the voice of the forest promotes relations between Bantu and Pygmies Pokola (Agenzia Fides) - A community radio station that broadcasts from Pokola, 800 kilometers north of the Congolese capital Brazzaville, is committed to promoting and facilitating the understanding between the majority ...
• 21 June 2012
  AFRICA/COMOROS - Flooding, damage to crops, diseases due to heavy rains Moroni (Agenzia Fides) - Following the heavy rainfall recorded in the wet season from November to May, about 65,000 inhabitants of the Comoro islands, corresponding to 8% of the population, have been severely affected by ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/TOGO - Protect children with disabilities from cultural traditions that marginalize them Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Fear, shame and deep-rooted cultural traditions, continue to marginalize disabled children in Togo, as in much of the continent, who are often ridiculed, locked up, hidden and neglected, cutting t ...