Africa

• 19 July 2011
  AFRICA-Half a million children are at risk of starvation Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 500 000 malnourished children at risk in areas of the Horn of Africa affected by drought. "This emergency will only worsen in the next six months", said UNICEF Executive Director at a ...
• 19 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Appeal from the Catholic humanitarian agencies in aid of the 10 million people who die of hunger in East Africa Dadaab (Agenzia Fides) –Even the "Catholic Agency for Overseas Development" (CAFOD), based in the UK, has urged the international public opinion to intervene immediately in aid of 10 million Africans who are facing sev ...
• 18 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA -Medicines have finished in the hospitals of the capital, epidemics are spreading throughout the country Mogadishu (Fides Service) - Over the past two months, following the arrival of many displaced due to the drought, the hospitals in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are short of medicines. Health care workers report that pa ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-270 000 Somali refugees in the largest camp in the world Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The largest agglomeration in the world for the displaced is in Dadaab, inhabited by about 270 000 refugees from Somalia. The camp, created in 1991 in Dadaab is located 500 km north of Nairobi an ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-Inauguration of the second wing of the primary school and a new home in Cite Guanella in the middle of the savannah Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The second wing of the primary school "EP Santu Maria Mama wa Mosala" (Holy Mary, Mother of Labour) and a new home in Cité Guanella, in the plateau des Bateke in the rural areas of the city of ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-Appointment of the Bishop of Ihosy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 16, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Fr. Fulgence Razakarivony, MS, Vice-Secretary of the Administrative Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, Bish ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN- The Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari dies during Mass Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari, died this morning, July 16, at 8 am at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after the illness that struck him while he was celebra ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The first national office in Tunis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The first national office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa (Hcdh) will open in Tunis: The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 July, by the Tunisian Foreign ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Hundreds of victims infected with cholera and measles, alarm for new cases of polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lost their lives due to a serious outbreak of measles and cholera, as well as thousands of people who have been infected. Since Septe ...
• 13 July 2011
  AFRICA DR CONGO- Child soldiers situation is improving, but the situation remains critical Goma (Agenzia Fides) - In the last ten years around 36 000 child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been freed, but according to UNICEF, at least 6 000 are still enrolled in irregular militias. The Work "D ...
• 12 July 2011
  AFRICA-AIDS is also fought with a short film Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Last year, the AJAN (the African Jesuit Network against AIDS) launched a contest on the theme: "young people’s movies for life and love against AIDS", open to students of Jesuit schools on th ...
• 12 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Drought emergency for 10 million people Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The worst drought in 60 years has created a devastating food crisis that is hitting 10 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Only this year, more than 135 000 Somalis have fl ...
• 11 July 2011
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-Father Balthazar Barreira: the first missionary in West Africa Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 1605, feast of St. James the Apostle, the first missionary in West Africa, the initiator of the African missions in that corner of the planet: father Balthazar Barreira landed in Po ...
• 11 July 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious leaders unite in the fight against female genital mutilation Bukwo (Fides Service) - Some Churches in the Ugandan districts of Kapchorwa and Bukwo, have formed an alliance with local NGOs Inter African Committee Uganda (IACU) and the Reproductive, Educative Community Health (REACH ...
• 9 July 2011
  AFRICA-Humanitarian tragedy in the Horn of Africa, while funds are lacking Rome (Fides Service) - "The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 60 years" says the spokesperson of the Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations, Elizabeth Byrs. Eritrea, E ...