Africa

• 23 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-The Bishops ask President Jonathan vigorous action to stop the Boko Haram sect Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has ruled out the imposition of a state of emergency in the State of Borno, shocked by the violence of the Boko Haram sect. The Nigerian Head of State ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Thousands of faithful attend the funeral of Msgr. Mazzolari; Cardinal Wako urges to follow the example of the late Bishop Rumbek (Fides Service) - The funeral of His Exc. Mgr. Cesare Mazzolari, Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan), who died on July 16 at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after feeling ill while he was celeb ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Displaced because of the drought, affected by the rains: the tragedy of the Somali people continues Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has degenerated into famine in the two regions of Lower Shabelle and Southern Bakool and could still get worse. Pouring rain is hitting the capital Mogadishu ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops are "deeply concerned" about the violence, they ask the government to dialogue Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released yesterday afternoon, July 21, and sent to Fides, the Bishops of Malawi declare they are "deeply concerned about the turn of events regarding the demonstrations on 20 Jul ...
• 21 July 2011
  AFRICA-Emergency in the Horn of Africa: Appeal from Caritas Africa to Caritas regional to increase fund raising campaigns Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Given the catastrophic situation resulting from the severe drought experienced by the Horn of Africa as well as East Africa and affecting more than 10 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eri ...
• 21 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "I am amazed by the indifference of NATO and Europe to the proposal of a truce for Ramadan", says Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "Bombs keep falling. But at least a new 'humanitarian strategy' has been adopted to try to avoid victims among civilians " says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar ...
• 21 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"Do not forget the Christians in north Sudan": appeal on behalf of the Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, has appealed to Christians worldwide to pray for the Christians in Sudan, especially for those who have made th ...
• 20 July 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi takes to the streets against the economic crisis; a missionary talks about acts of intimidation by the militias of the ruling party Lilongwe (Fides Service) - Today, July 20, the first general protest event is scheduled in major cities of Malawi: in Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe and Mzuzu. Protesters take to the streets dressed in red, the color chosen b ...
• 20 July 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The questions about the failed attack against the President Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - In the early morning hours of July 19 a commando attacked with rocket launchers and automatic weapons the residence of the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Conde, in an area in the Con ...
• 20 July 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA-The population of Bumwalukani prefer to pay for health care services Bududua (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda, health care services provided by the State from 2011 are free, but patients in the town of Bumwalukani, in the Bududua district, about 200 km from Kampala, prefer to pay a small fee t ...
• 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 ...