Africa

• 22 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-Sporadic gun shots in Bamako, Mgr. Zerbo invites all to prayer and solidarity Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We hear gun shots in the center of Bamako. From time to time we see military vehicles circulating on the main roads, from where shots fired in the air are heard. But in several districts of the ...
• 21 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Ultimatum to the President: the political clash in Malawi heightens Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Resignation of President Bingu wa Mutharika within 60 days or, alternatively, the Head of State should submit to a referendum within 3 months, otherwise the people will be invited to a campai ...
• 21 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bombings and renewed fighting in the south, Kenyan and Ethiopian troops involved Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - From Somalia reports of clashes and bombings continue. A car bomb exploded this morning in the center of the capital, Mogadishu, near the presidential palace, injuring a bystander. The same ar ...
• 20 March 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The death of Pope Shenouda III: "The Christian world has lost one of its exemplary leaders", said Cardinal Erdő on behalf of European Bishops Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Pope Shenouda III, leader of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, died on March 17 are held today, March 20, in St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. "We were shaken by the sad news of th ...
• 20 March 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-The Apostolic Exhortation Africae Munus at the center of the meeting of the African Regional Episcopal Conferences Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The second meeting of the Secretary Generals of the Regional Episcopal Conferences of Africa (15-20 March) ends today, March 20, in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. According to a s ...
• 20 March 2012
  AFRICA - Thousands of children continue to die due to a "mysterious disease" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - A mysterious disease is claiming many victims among the children of northern Uganda, southern Sudan and Tanzania. It is a deadly pandemic which has not yet been identified and registered for the ...
• 16 March 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Negotiations between the government and Boko Haram? For the Archbishop of Jos, "maybe it would be better to identify the sponsors of the sect" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not know what the government is doing, but I know that Boko Haram is a ruthless group that sends people to kill themselves to kill others. I do not know how you deal with them " says to Fide ...
• 16 March 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Nuba Mountains: too many victims of war put a strain on the staff of the only hospital in the area Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war that has been disrupting the Nuba Mountains since June 2011 is putting in serious crisis the ability of the local hospital to take care of the victims, hit by bullets and bomb shrapnel. ...
• 15 March 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-Hospitality, education and the living of children and young Ivorians to rebuild the country Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) –A year after the last armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, which caused more than 3 000 deaths and thousands of displaced, 40% of Ivorians, over 8 million people, live below the poverty line. Inse ...
• 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 ...