Africa

• 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 ...
• 26 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri to Fides: "an intolerable climate of violence, the attacks continue almost every day" Maiduguri (Fides Service) - "At the moment I cannot confirm the reports of Amnesty International with regards to the indiscriminate killing of civilians by the forces of antiterrorism", says His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe D ...
• 26 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian emergency: the Church's commitment Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Church to assist the Somali people fleeing from hunger and war who have taken refuge in neighboring states continues, particularly in Kenya. His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, ...
• 25 July 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Crisis in Malawi: does the history of 1992 repeat itself? Testimony of a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains tense in Malawi the day after the national protest held on July 20 which degenerated into accidents provoking deaths and injuries (see Fides 20/7/2001, 22/7/2011). Fr. Pie ...
• 25 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "It is necessary to accompany political action to humanitarian action" says the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu to Fides Mogadishu (Fides Service) - "I would not want the race to meet the humanitarian emergency, necessary to save millions of people, however, hides the root problem, which is the lack of state structure", says His Exc. Mgr ...
• 23 July 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The shadow of the failed coup looms up behind the assault on the presidential palace Conakry (Fides Service) - Forty soldiers were arrested in connection with the July 19 attack against the residence of the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Condé (see Fides 20/07/2011), while the reasons of thi ...