Africa

• 17 November 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - "On arriving in Benin, the Holy Father pays tribute also to the work of missionaries and the local hierarchy": the testimony of a missionary of the SAM Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Father's trip to Benin for the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation publication dedicated to Africa will also be a tribute to the work of missionaries who 150 years ago not only began the e ...
• 17 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The flight of the Somali people to Kenya continues, the assistance of the Camillian Task Force Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of the Somali population does not improve and the inexorable flight to Kenya in search of food and water continues. In the area of Wajir, one of the most affected by drought, mo ...
• 16 November 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A Catholic nun at the head of the Commission of Inquiry on electoral violence Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The re-elected President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appointed a religious Catholic, Sister Mary Laurene Browne, OSF, at the head of a commission of inquiry into the violence on Novem ...
• 16 November 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - History, Economy and the presence of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Benin, where the Holy Father Benedict XVI will make his apostolic 22nd journey, from18 to 20 November, on the occasion of the signing and publication of the Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of th ...
• 15 November 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children still without basic education Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Access to primary education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is still very precarious, with more than 7 million children across the country who do not attend school despite a governmen ...
• 15 November 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Links between the Boko Haram sect and Al Qaeda: "confirms our suspicions", says the Archbishop of Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Boko Haram sect has ties with the group Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). This is what Abdelkader Messahel, Deputy Foreign Minister of Algeria said, citing the existence of intellig ...
• 15 November 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Use oil proceeds for the common good": appeal on behalf of the Bishops of Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Good governance involves the judicious use of national resources," say the Bishops of Ghana who ask the oil proceeds to be used, recently discovered in the country, for the good of the whole popu ...
• 14 November 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - What formation for priests? Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi confront each other Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "What formation do we need for priests in major Seminaries?". This is the title of the reflection of the Plenary Assembly of the Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Rwanda and Burundi ...
• 14 November 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Strong tensions between North and South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Tension rises between North and South Sudan, that continue to accuse each other of destabilization attempts. The Minister of Defense in Khartoum, Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused the go ...
• 11 November 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - "If we want to unite the Country we should start from the poor": a missionary on the re-election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Even the international media, wonders what credibility an election has in which only 37% of the voters voted", says to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, of the Society of African Missions (SAM), who l ...
• 11 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A new hospital pavilion in Yirol has been inaugurated Yirol (Agenzia Fides) – A new pavillion has recently been inaugurated in Yirol, one of the poorest areas of the newborn South Sudan, the OPD (Out Patient Department), the new 250 square meters wing with First Aid servi ...
• 11 November 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Important to re-establish a peaceful climate immediately": an appeal on behalf of Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya against electoral violence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are daily witnesses to incidents that are astonishing on how frequent and repeated they are: they cause victims, people arm themselves with machetes and sometimes with guns, they destroy an ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN-Six thousand malnourished children admitted to hospital in Tanguiéta: Emergency in the country Tanguiéta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Department of Pediatrics at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Tanguiéta, Benin, is literally bursting. In the past year, due to the worsening economic crisis that has hit the Country, the ch ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Medical Equipment from Italy to a hospital in Puntland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Medical supplies sent by the Perigeo International People community Onlus has arrived in Somalia, as reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides. "Perigee is the first to have carried out an ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "I am not afraid to continue to give my testimony", says a missionary to Fides who has been working in a "difficult" area in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Security does not exist yet, but apparently the situation is calm", said Sister Rosaria to Fides, of the Sisters of the Holy Family, who works in the area of Abobo in Abidjan, among the most af ...