Africa

• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - New hospital structure to give assistance to women in the Diocese of Isiolo Isiolo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Diocese of Isiolo in Eastern Province of Kenya, is building a new hospital structure to reduce the incidence of maternal deaths in the district. It will be the second mission hospita ...
• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The feeling is that there is some effort on behalf of the rebels for pacification", says Mgr. Martinelli Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The feeling is that there is some effort on behalf of the rebels for pacification", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who is in Italy for medic ...
• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Catholic University of Southern Sudan: an important reality for the newborn state Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic University of Southern Sudan attracts an increasing number of students due to the quality of its teaching. This is what Richard Mirigga, academic Institute administrator told Radio Bak ...
• 27 August 2011
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Year of the memory of the Comboni missionary presence will conclude with the 20th anniversary of Fr. Alfredo Fiorini’s assassination Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The 20th anniversary of Brother Alfred Fiorini’s assassination, a Comboni missionary doctor, which will be celebrated on August 24, 2012, has provided the inspiration for the Comboni missiona ...
• 27 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somali people continue to flee towards Yemen Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The number of Somalis fleeing from drought and food insecurity is increasing, taking refuge in Yemen and face the voyage on overcrowded boats and in terrible conditions, often failing even t ...
• 27 August 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are saddened and deeply concerned about the attack against the UN headquarters", says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very sad event, which causes deep concern", says His Exc. Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan to Fides, Archbishop of Abuja, Federal Capital of Nigeria, where yesterday, August 26, a serious ...
• 27 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The situation in Tripoli is calmer but we still have to be careful when leaving the house", says Mgr. Martinelli Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation seems calmer. We are heading towards improvement, but we still have to be very careful when leaving the house", says His Exc. Mgr Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tr ...
• 26 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "I am anxious to return to Tripoli to be with the community and the priests", says Mgr. Martinelli to Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that, as I have been told, many Libyans are trying to return home is a good sign because it means that in some areas of the country's security conditions have improved. This encourages me ...
• 26 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The population in eastern Congo protest for the violence committed by the military Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The population of the town of Kiwanja, in Rutshuru territory (North Kivu Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC), has decided to take to the streets to express their anger and p ...
• 26 August 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO - The majority of indigenous women still give birth without any assistance Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - While about 80% of Congolese women give birth in assisted health facilities, not even one out of four indigenous women benefit from health care throughout pregnancy until delivery included. ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "There are only foreign nurses and volunteers left in the hospitals in Tripoli", say local sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "In the healthcare facilities that we contacted this morning, foreign workers, in particular Filipinos, are doing the whole job alone: recording, taking care and feeding patients, everything is ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA - What does the future hold for Gaddafi’s Libyan investments in Africa? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Gaddafi's Libya in recent years has been one of the biggest investors in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to its currency reserves (100 billion dollars in 2009). According to an article in "Les Afriques" ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The hours of the attack on Bab al Aziziya were terrible," say local sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "People are venturing timidly in the streets which are patrolled by the men of the rebellion. There is lack of food, and fuel", say local sources in Tripoli to Fides, where the combined forces o ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Members of the South Sudan parliament call for immediate measures after the recent massacres in Jonglei State Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the south Sudan parliament have agreed on a series of resolutions which call for the urgent deployment of military forces and police in the State of Jonglei, reconciliation process and ...
• 23 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Heavy fighting in Tripoli. The Franciscan monks barricaded in the convent Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Currently there are 3 Franciscan friars barricaded in the convent in Tripoli. No one dares to walk in the street because people are shot on sight, even if it is not clear who shoots who. Of cou ...