Africa

• 4 August 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - In October the Sudanese Bishops will decide whether to form two distinct Episcopal Conferences for the North and the South Khartoum (Fides Service) - The Sudanese Bishops will meet in October in the Diocese of Wau (Southern Sudan) to decide whether to form two distinct Episcopal Conferences, after the separation between north and south Suda ...
• 3 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church of Burundi remembers with affection Mgr. Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio in Washington, who served the Country in difficult times Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides )-On August 2, the Church of Burundi recalled His Exc. Mgr. Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio in the United States of America, with a Mass presided by His Exc. Mgr. Gervais Banshimiyubusa, Bishop of ...
• 3 August 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI- Malawi is increasingly at risk "risk of social explosion within a few months", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains tense in Malawi after the national day of protest on July 20, which resulted in violence with the death of twenty people (see Fides 20-22 July 2011). On August 1, Preside ...
• 2 August 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The different souls in Tahrir Square, forcibly cleared by the military and police Cairo (Fides Service) - Military and Egyptian police forcibly cleared Tahrir Square, the symbolic place of the Egyptian revolution, and arrested hundreds of people. The demonstrators had camped for days in the streets to ...
• 1 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A quarter of the Somali population is displaced according to a report of Caritas Somalia ìMogadishu (Fides Service) - "In south-central Somalia the primary need is the immediate access to food. People affected by drought are in urgent need of drinking water, sanitation, health care, protection, shelter and ...
• 30 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought emergency in the Horn of Africa: 2,500 people a day arrive in the Dadaab camps in Somalia. Caritas need help Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic famine that is affecting the countries of the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Kenya) has mobilized various humanitarian organizations. These include the Carit ...
• 30 July 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - St. Justin de Jacobis, Evangelist in Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Fides Service) - Tomorrow, July 31 the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Filoni, will conclude the cycle of celebrations in the church of san fele for the ...
• 29 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - " Bombings have intensified but Gaddafi still seems strong", says Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "Last night we heard some incredibly powerful explosions. I do not know where the bombings occured, because I only heard the explosions around 2-3am. A very restless night, due to the bombing", ...
• 29 July 2011
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - HIV- positive: malnourished forced to eat animal dung in order to take antiretroviral drugs Mbabane (Fides Service) - Hundreds of HIV-positive are malnourished and weakened by the disease, residents in rural areas of Swaziland, are forced to eat animal dung in order to fill their stomach before taking antiretr ...
• 29 July 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "One navigates in the dark, it is difficult to predict the evolution of Egypt", says a missionary from Cairo Cairo (Egypt) - "One navigates in the dark, we do not know where Egypt will go" says Fr. Luciano Verdoscia to Fides, a Comboni missionary in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, where today, tens of thousands of demonstrators ga ...
• 28 July 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The operators of the media involved in a program to combat the illicit proliferation of small arms Conakry (Fides Service)-A seminar to involve the media in raising public awareness of the dangers of small arms, was recently held in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea. The seminar was held from July 26 to 28 a ...
• 28 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Confession of Fr Louis Blondel’s murderer, the missionary of the White Fathers killed 2 years ago Pretoria (Fides Service) –Confession of Fr Louis Blondel’s murderer, Louis Blondel, of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), was killed on the night of December 7, 2009, in Diepsloot, one of the townships of P ...
• 27 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The difficult path in the DRC toward elections in November Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The political debate rages in the Democratic Republic of Congo in sight of the presidential and legislative elections on 28 November. In a note sent to Fides, the Network "Peace for Congo", pro ...
• 27 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Bishops urge young people to live the fullness of faith and work for the common good Abuja (Fides Service) - "Look after your dignity and integrity and behave like good patriots". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Effiong Ekuwem, Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria) and responsible for the pastoral agents of the Niger ...
• 26 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Food stores are hit, but with what right?" Complains Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "They are hitting civilian targets such as food stores" denounces His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to Fides. "A few days ago, NATO warplanes hit a food s ...