Africa

• 27 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Still no reaction of the coup leaders to the ultimatum of ECOWAS Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - In Bissau, there are still no reactions to the ultimatum launched yesterday by the ECOWAS to the military junta that seized power in Guinea Bissau with the coup on April 12. "We do not know if th ...
• 26 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Hypothesis of an ECOWAS military dispatch in Bissau, while civil servants do not receive their salary Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are thinking of sending a military force of 600 soldiers in Guinea Bissau. This is what has been circulating on the eve of the Summit of the Heads of ...
• 26 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Khartoum decrees war economy measures, China mediates to avoid a major conflict Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese government has launched austerity measures that are intended to finance a major war with South Sudan. Khartoum authorities have ordered the Civil Administration to reduce the consu ...
• 25 April 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR-Serious outbreak of malaria, cases have tripled since 2009 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Malaria is the leading cause of death in the Democratic Republic of Congo and every year kills about 300 000 children under five years of age. The cases in the country continue to rise and the ...
• 25 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "We are on the brink of an open war between Sudan that threatens to cause a catastrophe," says Caritas Internationalis Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Internationalis fears an imminent open war between Sudan and South Sudan with serious humanitarian consequences for both Countries, unless further military actions are stopped. This is ...
• 25 April 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The report of the Council of Europe on the death of 63 migrants at sea in March 2011 confirms the information given at the time by Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Europe has recognized in its report the responsibilities of Italy, NATO, Spain and Malta, regarding the death of 63 people (including women and children), who died of hunger and t ...
• 24 April 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Ziguinchor celebrating the ordination of its fourth Bishop Ziguinchor (Agenzia Fides) - "My call to the Episcopate happens in the context of the crisis in Casamance that lasts and there does not seem to be a solution. This may lead many to a certain weariness and discouragement. ...
• 24 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-"The international community must help us to demarcate the border between Sudan and South Sudan," says the Archbishop of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Juba is not quiet. The population is very concerned about what is happening on the border between South Sudan and Sudan" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, Archbisho ...
• 24 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The uncertainty and the lack of controls incentivize speculation on cashews, the only source of income of the population Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "As Radio Sol Mansi we have denounced speculators who pull on the price of cashews" says to Fides Fr. Davide Sciocco, PIME missionary and director of Radio Sol Mansi, the Catholic radio station i ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN-The Christians of Khartoum concerned about the clashes between Sudan and South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting between northern and southern Sudan are having serious consequences on the Christian community living in Khartoum and other Sudanese areas. "Christians are afraid because two days ago, ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA-New manual for the early diagnosis of leprosy Rongo (Agenzia Fides) - The meetings for formation and distribution of a new manual for the medical staff of the Country, for the early diagnosis of leprosy has just concluded in Rongo, South Nyanza, Kenya. The text was ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The political turning point has taken place, now we are waiting for economic reforms," said Fr. Gamba Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " A moment that was very negative at a political and economical level comes to an end" says to Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who has been working in Malawi for 30 years, c ...
• 20 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Agreement on the transition between the coup leaders and parties; international condemnation and the population’s adversity Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Since Tuesday, April 17 the Catholic radio station in Guinea Bissau, Radio Sol Mansi, was allowed to resume broadcasting. "The military junta authorized private radio stations, including ours, ...
• 20 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-The humanitarian situation in northern Mali gets serious, the Bishops express appreciation for the transition Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian situation in northern Mali is worsening day by day. Food and medicine are increasingly rare, because grocery stores, hospitals and health centers were ransacked by the rebels" s ...
• 18 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Prime Minister of the transition has been appointed; the Bishops meet in Bamako concerned about the Christians in the north Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - An astrophysicist who has worked for Nasa, Cheick Modibo Diarra, is the Prime Minister of the transition of Mali. Diarra was appointed yesterday, April 17, by the ad interim President, Dioncounda ...