Africa

• 16 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Even Sol Mansi, the Catholic radio station in Bissau, among the broadcasting stations blocked by the military junta Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Even Radio Sol Mansi, the Catholic radio station in Guinea Bissau, is among the broadcasting stations blocked by the military junta that took power with the coup on April 13. The is reported to ...
• 16 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The Archbishop of Bamako participates in negotiations on the crises Bomako (Agenzia Fides) - There was Mgr. Jean Zerbo, Archbishop of Bamako, in the delegation of civil society who attended the talks held last weekend in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) with the military junta and political pa ...
• 16 April 2012
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - "Food for Peace": a hot meal at school for needy children Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - Many children in Swaziland are in a precarious situation, they have difficulty following their studies and live in families with serious problems such as HIV/AIDS, unemployment and poverty. Than ...
• 14 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Is there a former commander of the Navy behind the coup? Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains uncertain and confused, between riddle of rumors circulating through the streets of the city, but that cannot be verified because the radios continue to remain closed, even ...
• 14 April 2012
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A Catholic priest killed while trying to stop a fight Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - two young people were arrested by police in connection with the murder of Father Anastasius Nsherenguzi, a 43-year-old Catholic priest in the diocese of Kayanga (Tanzania), who was serious ...
• 13 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Uncertain situation in Bissau after a coup attempt Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning the situation is calm, even if the radios are closed and do not transmit. It is therefore difficult to obtain reliable information " say to Fides local sources from Bissau, capital ...
• 13 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The tension is favoringing speculators and the poorest are the first victims": missionary’s testimony from Malakal Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Panic is spreading, in our opinion, justified in part, that risks damaging the weak" refer to Fides missionary sources from Malakal, the capital of South Sudan Upper Nile, not far from the border ...
• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Christians in danger in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians feel threatened, scared and hide. In Gao a church was destroyed (see Fides 03/4/2012) as well as other property belonging to the local Church community. Even bars and hotels privately ...
• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The tension between Sudan and South Sudan threatens to escalate into open war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan does not intend to withdraw its troops from the disputed oil-rich area of Heglig, subtracted from the hands of soldiers in Khartoum on April 10. This is what south Sudan President, Salv ...
• 11 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "A peaceful transition which confirms the spirit of reconciliation typical of Malawi," says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "With the swearing in of the new President, Joyce Banda, before the Chief Justice, Lovemore Munlo, to the representatives of the Judicial Court and Parliament, and after 26 rounds of cannon and ...
• 11 April 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The number of victims caused by the attack during Easter increases Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) – There are 41 victims of a car bomb explosion which took place on Easter Sunday in Kaduna, in north-central Nigeria. The attack has not been claimed, but appears to be the work of the Boko Haram ...
• 4 April 2012
  AFRICA - The north of Mali like the east of the DRC? The question of the press in Kinshasa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The north of Mali like the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo? Is what the Congolese newspaper "Le Potentiel" asks in an article entitled "Est de la RDC, Nord du Mali: des Similitudes frappantes" ...
• 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 ...