Africa

• 8 November 2011
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Thousands of girls forced to leave school Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, abuses, cultural traditions prevent one third of girls to attend school in Zimbabwe, denying them a basic education. According to a recent study carried out by Plan International, an NGO ...
• 7 November 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Benedict XVIs words will encourage the authorities to act quickly", says the Archbishop of Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very happy that the Pope has Nigeria in mind and prays for the peaceful coexistence of the people in Nigeria. We are very reassured by his words, for which we thank him", says to Fides Arc ...
• 7 November 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - After the post-election disorder children start going back to school, late and traumatized Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In Côte d'Ivoire the school year generally begins in late October. Instead this year the opening has been delayed by the difficulties caused by post-election violence that disrupted classes for ...
• 5 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - After the drought, the rain hits the Somali refugees, "Kenyan military operations make the situation even more complex", says Caritas Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - After the drought, torrential rains are aggravating the Somali refugees’ situation, at home and abroad. According to reports from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at the refugee ...
• 5 November 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Even a Catholic church was destroyed in the attacks in the north-east of the Country; "corrupt politicians foment violence" reports to Fides the Bishop of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Even a Catholic church was destroyed in a series of bombings that occurred in Damataru in the north-east of Nigeria. This is confirmed to Fides by His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop of Maidu ...
• 4 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "Too many weapons in circulation and too many unemployed feed insecurity", says the Bishop of Man Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a climate of generalized insecurity especially in the villages on the border with Liberia, some of which have been recently attacked by armed gangs. We do not know who causes all this, ...
• 4 November 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas Germany reopens a road link to bring aid to 10,000 displaced people in the east Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The project of Caritas Germany has allowed us to reopen the road in Opienge, in Tshopo district, in the Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the spokesman of ...
• 3 November 2011
  AFRICA/NIGER - Drought and famine: the catastrophic situation in the country Tera (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought that has struck Niger for months has destroyed crops and amplified the serious problems of food supply that the country has been suffering from for years. The Spanish Catholic or ...
• 3 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "I am puzzled on the military offensive of Kenya in Somalia", says Mgr. Bertin who has just visited the Somali refugees in Ethiopia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I am puzzled, remembering what happened in the recent past with other adventures like that," says to Fides Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, re ...
• 3 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - " We are deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in our two nations", say the Bishops of North and South Sudan that will remain united in the same Episcopal Conference Wau (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in our two nations. Civil war has broken out in the Nuba Mountains / South Kordofan State and in the Blue Nile State, alongside the ongoing war in Dar ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The Kenyan offensive continues; civilian victims denounced caused by aircraft bombing Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The military operations of the Kenyan army in southern Somalia against the Shabab militia continues, even with the use of aircraft bombing as reported by Doctors Without Borders. According t ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Whoever governs, will have to deal with the people’s high expectations," says the Archbishop of Tunis to Fides Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "For being the first truly free elections in the history of Tunisia, held on October 23, it was a success", says His Exc. Mgr. Maroun Elias Lahham, Archbishop of Tunis to Fides. In the elections f ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children immunized against polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of health workers went on foot, by bike, boat or car, to vaccinate at least 14 million children across the country against polio. UNICEF’s objective, promoter of this initiative wit ...
• 28 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The military offensive in Kenya aggravates the humanitarian situation of the Somali" denounces the head of Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent war events aggravate an already very difficult and complex situation", says Suzanna Tkalec to Fides, operator of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), head of Caritas Somalia, in Dad ...
• 28 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Torit sends a delegation to resolve the community conflict in Magwe County Juba (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Akio Johnson Mutek, Bishop of Torit, in Southern Sudan, has announced that he has sent a delegation to mediate in the conflict between two communities in Magwe County, in the Easter ...