Africa

• 21 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops after the 18 September massacre: "May these moments of trial do not become an occasion of hatred that threatens to plunge Burundi in a spiral of revenge" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Burundi expressed "dismay and sorrow" for the victims of the attack in a bar in Gatumba, in the municipality of Mutimbuzi in the province of Bujumbura, carried out by unknown as ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "We are ready to cooperate with the authorities for the sake of Libya", said Mgr.Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "We have sent a verbale note to the new Libyan authorities with which we declare our availability to cooperate for the good of the country", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to F ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Presidential elections in a climate of tension: the Christian Churches call for peace Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - About 5 million voters are called today, September 20, to elect the new President of Zambia. The contenders are the outgoing Head of State, Rupiah Banda, and the main opposition leader Michael Sa ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Thousands of children under 5 years of age will be immunized against polio epidemic Nakuru (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm on behalf of healthcare professionals following the confirmation of three cases of wild polio (caused by the virus present innature) of type 1 in western Kenya. The violence of this virus m ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Controversy over the decision to move the capital of the new State Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the Government of Southern Sudan (independent since July 9) to move the capital of the country from Juba to Ramciel is arousing controversy, especially on behalf of the inhabitants ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A nutrition program for children of the diocese of Hosanna Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - In the Horn of Africa, the situation continues to deteriorate and thousands of people continue to die of hunger every day. Among the organizations that continue to intervene is, "Manos Unidas" w ...
• 19 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO- New ordinations in Burkina Faso, in the footsteps of St. Camillus Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 September in the scholasticate community of "San Camillo" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, seventeen young postulants and pre-novices entered the novitiate, eight of the Camillian Vice P ...
• 19 September 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - In her prophetic mission, the Church has a positive role to carry out in elections, for the good of all Accra (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Workshop on "The Role of the Church in supporting peaceful and credible elections in Africa", held in Accra, Ghana, from September 12 to 16 (see Fides 14/09/2011), organized by S ...
• 17 September 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Caritas continues to distribute food, tents and medicine, despite the difficulties Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Though al-Shabaab has left Mogadishu, there are still pockets of resistance in the city, and Somalia continues to be a difficult operating environment for local and international NGOs", said ...
• 17 September 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA- Catholic radios are increasing: Radio Veritas also in Johannesburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - After waiting 11 years, the Catholic radio station Radio Veritas has received the license to broadcast. "The news has filled us with joy and we still receive congratulation messages", reads ...
• 16 September 2011
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Schools are closed for the orphans and the poor: the government does not pay fees Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The vast majority of primary and secondary schools in Swaziland have not been able to start their school activities as the government has failed to solve the problem of the additional fees provi ...
• 16 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Libya has changed, there is an atmosphere of tranquility and peace", says Mgr.Martinelli from Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Libya has changed, there are other colors, there is even greater peace of mind" says His Exc. Mgr.Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who returned to the Libyan ...
• 15 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Strong solidarity towards the victims of the fire in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Kenyans in Nairobi are queuing up to donate blood for the victims of the pipeline explosion and fire which killed a hundred people and injured 118 people in the slums of Sinai, in Na ...
• 15 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Cholera continues to spread, to hold it back a campaign on the use of drinking water and lavatories would be sufficient Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Health officials in Burundi are trying to contain an epidemic of cholera which, since August, has killed 12 people and has infected more than 600. Although the epidemic is under control, in so ...
• 14 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Institutional meetings for Mgr. Martinelli before returning to Libya Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I had the pleasure to meet Mgr. Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with the States, together with the Apostolic Nuncio to Libya, His Exc. Mgr. Tommaso Caputo", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni ...