Africa

• 15 February 2012
  AFRICA-In Africa 23 million people are at risk of hunger Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) with regards to the food crisis that could hit 23 million people in arid areas of West Africa if not treated immediately. The I ...
• 15 February 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-Evangelizing among illiteracy, extreme poverty and endemic diseases: the work of Mgr. Azzolini, founder of the diocese of Makeni, which celebrates 50 years Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, on 24 February 1962 (see Fides 09/01/2012). This church was born by the division of the newly for ...
• 14 February 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- A "juvenile court" to ensure respect for the rights of even the youngest Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - For several months a "juvenile court", has been active in Kinshasa, an important achievement for the Congolese society. "After the promulgation of the law in January 2009 for the protection of ...
• 14 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Alert in the country for the arrival of the devastating tropical cyclone "Giovanna" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - A violent tropical cyclone near the Madagascan town of Toamasina on the east coast is expected, which will head to the capital Antananarivo. Named cyclone Giovanna, will have such a violen ...
• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The first Camillian Bishop has been given a new diocese in Burkina Faso Tenkodogo (Agenzia Fides) - OnSaturday, February 11 the news of the erection of the new diocese of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, and the appointment of its first Bishop, P. Kontiebo Prosper was published, who is also the firs ...
• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - biogas system for cooking in the orphanage of Muhura Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - The Muhura orphanage houses 150 orphaned or abandoned children who are taken care of by 4 nuns. Thanks to a project launched by the Movement for the fight against hunger in the world, the center ...
• 10 February 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "There is an ongoing forgotten massacre on the Nuba Mountains " complaint on behalf of the Bishop of El Obeid; priests and religious sisters are not abandoning the camp Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "On the Nuba mountains people are dying of starvation and bombings" this is the complaint on behalf of His Exc. Mgr.Macram Max Gassis, Bishop of El Obeid, the diocese which straddles Sudan and ...
• 10 February 2012
  AFRICA - On February 13 the Second Symposium of the European and African Bishops opens in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On February 13 the Second Symposium of the European and African Bishops opens in Rome, which has the theme "Evangelization Today: Communion and pastoral cooperation between Africa and Europe. The ...
• 9 February 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Winds of war between Sudan and South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "In Khartoum, the population follows through the media the war of words between the Government of Sudan and Southern Sudan. For the moment, the situation is calm, but it is unknown whether the ...
• 9 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Cholera runs along the river Congo: alert Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Cholera continues to claim victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), especially in the provinces bordering the Congo River, which is therefore both an important trading route and a car ...
• 8 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Bishops: elections crucial to the future of the Country " Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The presidential elections whose first round is fixed for Sunday, February 26, will be decisive for the future of the country", say the Bishops of Senegal in the message dedicated to the presiden ...
• 8 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The rate of acute childhood malnutrition among IDPs in Mogadishu exceeds 20%. Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The mortality rate among displaced children in the Somali capital Mogadishu remains above the threshold of hunger, despite the recent announcement by the United Nations on the end of famine in ...
• 8 February 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Presidency and Parliament in a crisis of legitimacy following the election irregularities Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The institutions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are likely to be faced with a crisis of legitimacy as a result of disputes concerning both the presidential (won by outgoing Presiden ...
• 7 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The campaign has started: the opposition is divided and concerns about the stability of the Country Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The election campaign began last Sunday in a minor tone and there were no major clashes" say Church sources to Fides from Dakar, Senegal's capital, where on February 5 the campaign for the presid ...
• 7 February 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The government and the Islamic leadership are moving to stop Boko Haram" says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The solution is at hand, because the government is working to face the problem of Boko Haram" says to Fides Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, Federal capital of Nigeria, ...