Africa

• 29 September 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Even the Archbishop of Bouaké among the members of the Ivorian "Truth and Reconciliation" Commission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Even the Archbishop of Bouaké, His Exc. Mgr. Paul-Simon Ahouanan Djro, is among 11 members of the " Commission Dialogue, Vérité et Réconciliation" (CDVR) established on September 28 by the ...
• 28 September 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "I would not have any problems to vote for a Muslim if I considered him appropriate for the office" says the Bishop of Luxor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The elections for the People's Assembly (Lower Chamber) of Egypt will be held on Nov. 28. This was announced by the Supreme Council of the armed forces, that has governed the country since the fal ...
• 28 September 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Hundreds of Eritreans detained in police stations", reports don Mussie Zerai Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of refugees and Eritrean refugees in Egypt is even more dramatic: we have been denouncing the kidnapping of people, human beings for one year, which is ongoing in Sinai at the refuge ...
• 28 September 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - National Commitment to curb violence against children Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Authorities in Tanzania have recently launched a five-year National Program for Prevention and Response to Violence against Children, which aims to eliminate all forms of violence against ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Nigerians are not intimidated by threats of attacks", says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Life continues normally, at least here in Abuja. Let us not be frightened by these threats or warnings. We will continue our usual life, trusting God that follows our steps", says His Exc. Mgr. J ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Nubians dig shelters to protect themselves from Sudanese aircraft attacks Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - People who live in the Nuba Mountains in the state of South Kordofan, were invited to dig shelters to protect themselves from the Sudanese Air Force attacks. According to reports from the Sudan ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Multi-purpose school and training center for girls in the province of Gourma Gourma (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of the Australian Province of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) are involved in the project for the construction of a multi-purpose school and a ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Clashes in Conakry: one dead and several injured Conakry (Agenzia Fides) –One dead and several wounded is the provisional estimates of the clashes taking place in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, between police and opposition demonstrators. The latter ...
• 26 September 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Alert in Abuja for possible suicide bombings during the celebrations for independence Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Islamic Boko Haram sect is planning suicide bombings in the federal capital, Abuja, to disrupt the celebrations of national independence on 1 October. This is what the Nigerian press ...
• 26 September 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Presidential elections in November: the Church lines up 30,000 electoral observers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 30,000 electoral observers that the Catholic Church is preparing to line up to help ensure the regularity of the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be ...
• 24 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Forthcoming visit of the Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "His Exc. Mgr. Tommaso Caputo, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and Libya, should come to Tripoli on September 28 for a courtesy call" says Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, Apostolic Vicar of Tr ...
• 23 September 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Opposition leader Michael Sata is the new President of the Country Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Zambia have expressed themselves and we must all listen to them. This is not the moment for violence and revenge. This is is the moment for unity and to build together the future o ...
• 22 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "We must hospitalize dozens of injured people in serious condition abroad": appeal on behalf of Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to the many clashes in recent months, which continue in some parts of Libya, a humanitarian emergency has been created. In Misratha, the hospital no longer exists, the most urgent cases are ...
• 22 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - A dozen people have been arrested in connection with the massacre of Gatumba Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Burundian authorities announced the arrest of a dozen people in connection with the September 18 massacre, which occurred in a bar in Gatumba (see Fides 21/09/2011), whose toll has risen t ...
• 21 September 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The opposition decrees 3 days of protest; even the Church is in the system’s sights Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition in Malawi has ordered as from this evening (September 21), three days of "dead city" across the Country, urging people to stay indoors and not to go to work. The initiative was t ...