Africa

• 15 March 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Gunfight at the Dadaab camps where 500,000 Somalis live; "situation at breaking point" says Caritas Somalia Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A gunman this morning killed two civilians and seriously wounded a third person in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, where more than 500,000 Somali refugees live. The security alarm had ...
• 15 March 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Mgr. Misago has died, Bishop of Gikongoro, accused and acquitted for the genocide in 1994 Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of His exc. Mgr. Augustin Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro in the south-west of Rwanda, who died suddenly on March 12 was held today March 15. Mgr. Misago was arrested in April 1999 follo ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A helpline dedicated exclusively to children Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In Sierra Leone children often find themselves having to handle a variety of negative situations: from personal, family, educational, legal and child labor problems to unemployment, exclusion, ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - As the conflict continues in the north, the Archbishop of Bamako invites "not to lose hope for peace" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The conflict continues, but I can say that there is a strong mobilization to calm tempers. There are also several examples of solidarity on behalf of ordinary people, both towards the families o ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Cerials and seeds to prevent famine in the south of the country Nouakchott (Agenzia Fides) - Many places in southern Mauritania, an area mainly devoted to agriculture and cattle breeding, are facing a food crisis that threatens to degenerate into famine if no action is taken immediat ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas launches a project for the victims of the LRA in northeastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas has launched a reintegration project for more than 28,000 victims of the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Bondo and Butu, in Bas-Uele District of Oriental Province, in no ...
• 13 March 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Malagasy population moved by the Pope’s appeal who became "the voice of the voiceless" Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank especially the Holy Father, who in his Sunday appeal became the 'voice of the voiceless'. Heartfelt thanks from my community, Christian and civil, to whom I read his message: the peop ...
• 13 March 2012
  AFRICA - The "Tripoli Plan" for the security of North Africa and the Sahara Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - An important meeting of the Ministers of Interior of the nine Countries of North Africa and the Sahelo-Saharan area (Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Chad, Niger , Mali, Mauritania, Morocco and Sudan) was ...
• 13 March 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Justice and Peace," asks an effort for a second round of peaceful elections and without fraud Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission "Justice and Peace" has launched an appeal for the second round of Senegalese presidential elections to take place peacefully. On March 25, voters will be asked to choose ...
• 12 March 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We knew that sooner or later the instability of the northern Countries of Nigeria would have reached us, but not in such a tragic manner", said Mgr. Onaiyekan Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who commit these attacks do not think in a rational way, and it is therefore difficult to find a logic. To expect to transform Nigeria into an Islamic State with violence is a completely ins ...
• 12 March 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Massacre of Jos: "the Boy Scouts prevented the car bomb to pounce upon the faithful in church," says Archbishop Jos (Agenzia Fides) - The Boy Scouts managed to prevent the suicide attack on Sunday, March 11 against the church in St. Finbarr, in Jos, capital of Plateau State, in the west of Nigeria which could have had even more se ...
• 10 March 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A video about Joseph Kony and child soldiers triumphs on the web: the words of the Bishop Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda has suddenly become "the center of the world" thanks to the Internet: a video about Joseph Kony, described as "the tyrant of child soldiers" has had over 70 million viewers on Youtube a ...
• 9 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Alarm on behalf of Caritas Somalia: a new wave of drought in the Horn of Africa and a large influx of displaced persons from Afgoye Corridor are feared Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - According to climate scientists, there is a high probability of drought returning to the Horn of Africa. This is what the eighth Situational Report of Caritas Somalia says, sent to Fides. The ...
• 9 March 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is no coincidence that the hostages were held in Sokoto, local Sultan's headquarters", says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I am really sorry for the death of the two hostages. But from what I read, it would have been a miracle to bring special forces in the hideout and rescue the hostages" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 8 March 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Catholic Church signed an agreement with the police to combat violence against women Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – The Rwanda National Police (RNP) and the Catholic Church have entered a partnership to strengthen the campaign against Gender Based Violence (GBV). The partnership comes one year to the end of ...