Africa

• 3 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - In Gao the church and the Caritas local office were destroyed, the 200 remaining Christians fear for their fate Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Mali says its local office in Gao in northern Mali was destroyed along with the local church after Tuareg rebels seized the city at the weekend. This was reported by Caritas Mali in a sta ...
• 3 April 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 25 deaths per month due to the war of "blood minerals" in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months, national and foreign armed groups still present in Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have resumed and intensified their military activities. This is revealed i ...
• 2 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU-The Bishops call to live Holy Week as a "Week of Reconciliation" Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "During Holy Week, we are called to live more intensely, our faith, renewing it in prayer, fasting, charity, listening of the Word of God. In this atmosphere of faith and hope, we prepare ourselv ...
• 2 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The rebel advance, the fear in Mopti grows Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "A growing fear among the residents of Mopti and the rebels comes to conquer the city, many people are fleeing " Church sources in Mali told Fides, where rebels of the Movement of National Libera ...
• 2 April 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Observers divided over the candidacy of a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in the presidential elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim Brotherhood's decision to present its own candidate in the presidential elections in Egypt is dividing the local and international commentators. On Sunday, 1 April, the Brotherhood lea ...
• 30 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI- A polarization between supporters and opponents of the junta is feared, while the rebels advance in the north Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - There are clashes in the capital of Mali, Bamako, between the pros and cons of the military junta after the coup on March 22. This is reported to Fides by local sources. "Yesterday, March 29, opp ...
• 30 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Drought continues to affect thousands of people in Somaliland Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in the Republic of Somaliland have appealed with a request for food aid and clean water for thousands of families who, because of drought, have lost their livelihoods. Families l ...
• 29 March 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "I hope dialogue between north and south Sudan continues", said the Nuncio in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope political dialogue between the two parties continues, based on good faith and on the agreement in Addis Ababa, which provided for an end of hostilities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Leo ...
• 29 March 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Which Constitution for Egypt? Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the President of the Egyptian parliament, Saad el Katatni, to preside the Constituent Assembly. The appointment of Katatni, who is an important member of the Party for "Freedom and Just ...
• 28 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Juba denounces new bombings, but Khartoum promises to stop the raids Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tension between Sudan and South Sudan continues after clashes and incursions in past days (see Fides 27/03/2012). South Sudan says that planes from Khartoum bombed the border area again between th ...
• 28 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders have been able to meet the President deposed by military coup Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday afternoon, the religious leaders who are leading a negotiation to resolve the crisis caused by the coup, met with the leaders of the military junta. They then managed to visit the depo ...
• 27 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders mediate to find a way out after the military coup Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The main religious leaders in Mali are engaged in negotiations to resolve the political crisis triggered by the military coup that overthrew President Amadou Toumani Touré (see Fides 22/03/2012) ...
• 27 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Between South Sudan and Sudan the war is about oil Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "It is war," said the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir after clashes broke out this morning in the border area disputed with Sudan. "First they bombed, then they attacked us" on the ground, said ...
• 26 March 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA- A security officer at the Italian Embassy in Tripoli wounded Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - A security officer at the Italian Embassy in Tripoli was wounded by a gunfire shot on Saturday, March 24. This was reported to Fides by local sources. The man, whose name is not mentioned for se ...
• 26 March 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The recognition of Macky Sall’s victory by outgoing President Wade: may he be an example for all of Africa Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is pervaded by a sense of relief" Church sources told Fides from Senegal, where yesterday, March 25, outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade acknowledged his defeat in the second round of ...