Africa

• 26 January 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - LRA: A more sophisticated structure than it looks in the light of a new UN report Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains a powder keg for the presence of various armed groups. This is what the latest report says on behalf of UN experts on the Great Lakes regi ...
• 25 January 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The Arab revolutions brought Islamic parties to power, which now must not disappoint expectations" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Someone has launched the slogan to begin the second revolution, but I do not think this will happen, even if protests are scheduled because important issues are at stake, such as the role of the ...
• 25 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - RECOWA Assembly: "a sign of the victory of the Resurrected", said Cardinal Sarr Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to execute our project for the future of the Church of Christ in all of Western Africa", said His Exc. Mgr. Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, the capital of Se ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Clashes in Tripoli confirmed to Fides by local sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Explosions and gun shots near the Mahary Hotel are reported, near the headquarters of the Military Commission of Tripoli": this is what local sources, contacted by Fides in the Libyan capital ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "A seed, a life" campaign against malnutrition Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 400 000 children with their respective families in Mozambique will benefit from the effects of the campaign against malnutrition called "A seed, a life", promoted by the Spanish Anten ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram from Maiduguri to Kano; the Bishop's testimony to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is a bit calmer. There is a heavy deployment of police and military. A curfew from 7 pm to 7 am is still underway. Although limited in its movements, however, the population tries t ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), Archbishop Filoni, to the Bishops of Western Africa: "to live fully, and in truth, an effective and affective pastoral solidarity" Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) -Congratulations with particular satisfaction and gratitude on this most significant advancement "towards an affective and effective pastoral solidarity among the Bishops of Western Africa" w ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Challenges and threats that the women in the South of Sudan face every day Juba (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Small Arms Survey," an annual study that provides information on the spread and use of weapons in the world, the main threats for women in the South of Sudan derives from multiple ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The attackers wore police uniforms", says to Fides the Bishop of Kano, some structures of the Church have also been damaged Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Kano is still in shock. The coordinated series of attacks in different parts of the city lasted about three hours", said to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Namazi Niyiring, Bishop of Kano, the largest c ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Jos, "they are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and of the only Nigerian people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and the only Nigerian people," said in an interview with Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, who launches an alarm on th ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Catholic Church condemns the recent attacks on the stripping of women off their clothes Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The stripping off of women’s clothes in Lilongwe and Mzuzu is unbecoming and unacceptable", is what is said in a statement sent to Fides by the Gender and Civic Education Desk in the Catholi ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks in Kano: even a Catholic church in the sights Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I am trying to get in contact with Mgr. John Namanza Niyiring, Bishop of Kano but the lines do not work", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, in Central Nigeria. ...
• 20 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "No to the new draft law on State security", says the Archbishop of Cape Town Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a bill that undermines the right to information which is of vital importance for the full exercise of other civil rights, and violates the constitutional commitment to create an open ...
• 20 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The kidnappers of the two priests have demanded a ransom for their release Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The two priests are held near the town of Wadakona, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. We asked the authorities in Juba (South Sudan) not to intervene, so as not to endanger the live ...
• 19 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The two priests kidnapped are well, negotiations are being held for their release Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the two priests are in good condition and are probably held in a place near the border between North and South Sudan", this is what sources of the Archbishopric in Khartoum told F ...