Africa

• 24 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The supporters of the military junta want the leader of the coup as President of the transition Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - This complicates the political and institutional crisis in Mali after the announcement on behalf of the supporters of the military coup of the investiture of the head of the military junta, Capta ...
• 22 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - After the attack on the President of the transition period, political instability is putting off negotiations for the North Bamako (Agencia Fides) – The President has been treated in the hospital nearest to his office, but his injuries are not serious”, Don Edmondo Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, where yesterday a ...
• 18 May 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The first soldiers of the CEDEAO have arrived , expectation for the formation of the transition government Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – “The arrival of the small vanguard of the contingent of the CEDEAO did not stir up particular sentiments among the population”, Fr. Davis Sciocco, PIME missionary, and director of Radio Sol ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “There must be no more war between Sudan and South Sudan!”: Appeal of Catholic Bishops and Anglicans of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic and Anglican Bishops of South Sudan are asking the International community for a “more balanced “position on the conflict that is setting their country against Sudan. The messag ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A request from the Bishops of Angola for a greater attention to the poor in a very rich country Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “An observation post on poverty in Angola needs to be created so as to monitor the struggling polices to fight poverty, to verify the results of these policies and their effective impact on ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Heavy rain in the region of Kagera; at least 60 families left without homes Bukoba (Agenzia Fides) – After 4 consecutive days of uninterrupted rain, at least 60 families in Kagondo, in the district of Muleba, have been left without their homes. The houses have been destroyed by the flooding, t ...
• 15 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Negotiation stalemate in Bamako while in the north people’s impatience increase caused by the harassment of Islamist Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – People are waiting for the appointment of the new President of the transition in Mali. "The mediators of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) were in Bamako for 5 days, but fa ...
• 15 May 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The drama of the deportees, refugees and displaced persons in Southern Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - As Sudan and South Sudan remain on a war footing, tens of thousands of southern Sudanese expelled from Khartoum are coming to Juba, because devoid of residence permits. On May 14, the first group ...
• 14 May 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - More than 5,100 people driven out from their lands to exploit the gold in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The social fabric of the people who lived so far in peace and mutual solidarity is compromised: its members have become enemies to each other, just because a Canadian company in search of gold ...
• 14 May 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Lusophone Countries do not accept the agreement between the coup leaders and the West African States Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Guinea Bissau is still blocked where a new government to overcome the crisis caused by the military coup on April 12 seems difficult to form. ECOWAS (Economic Community of West ...
• 10 May 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The Church in Egypt is in a phase of discernment" says the National Director of the PMS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Egypt is in a phase of discernment" says to Fides Fr. Nabil Fayez Antoun, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Egypt who is in Rome for the General Assembly ...
• 10 May 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The emergence of a new rebel movement accentuates the instability in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation is still precarious for the presence of hundreds of military deserters who have remained loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, former Chie ...
• 9 May 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The militias are vying for the funds left by Gaddafi" say local sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "It was not the militants of Yafran to attack the seat of government, but those of Zeltan" say to Fides qualified sources from Tripoli, in Libya, where yesterday, May 8, a militia group attacke ...
• 9 May 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Church continues to invest in young people, hope for a better future Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Bissau and Bafatá celebrated from May 4 to 6, their "Youth Day". The Auxiliary Bishop of Bissau, His Exc. Mgr. José Lampra Cá, found himself with the young people of his diocese ...
• 9 May 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Plenary of the Bishops of Sudan and Southern Sudan has been postponed without a date because of tensions between the two Countries Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan (who are assembled in the Episcopal Conference, the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference-SCBC) have decided to postpone their annual Plenary Assembly because ...