Africa

• 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, ...
• 6 February 2012
  AFRICA - The African Union and the path of democracy in Africa Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in its history, the African Union (AU) has failed to elect its President. At the 18th Summit of the Heads of State held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia and seat of the ...
• 6 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In May, the first graduates of the Catholic University of Southern Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic University of Southern Sudan is in its fourth year and has more than 500 students. May 12th is the date where the first students will graduate " informs Fr. Mike Schultheis, SJ. In Ju ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Handmade objects made by women with AIDS allow the construction of a school Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Feb. 3, a new secondary school for 400 children, built with private funds collected primarily through the sale of necklaces made of recycled paper by women with AIDS will be inaugurated i ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Within the Tahrir Square protests violent groups have infiltrated Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "After the Friday prayers we will see if there are other clashes. The feeling is that unfortunately there will be new clashes" say to Fides local sources from Cairo, where yesterday there were cla ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA - Mid-February in Rome, the second Symposium of the Bishops of Africa and Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization today: communion and pastoral cooperation between Africa and Europe. Man and God: the Church's mission to proclaim the presence and love of God". This is the theme of the Second Sym ...
• 2 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL-Does the future of Senegal depend on outgoing President's party? Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The protests in Senegal continue after the Constitutional Council published a list of 14 candidates to the presidential elections, including President Abdoulaye Wade, but has excluded the internat ...