Africa

• 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 ...
• 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 ...