Africa

• 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 ...
• 9 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Appointment of the Bishop of Malindi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Malindi (Kenya) Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap, Provincial Minister of P.P. Capuchins in Malta and President of the E ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Awka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor Bishop of the Diocese of Awka (Nigeria), on July 8, 2011 . He has so far been Titular Bishop of Tetci, Au ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA-Appointment of the Bishop of Namibe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Namibe (Angola) Rev. Dionisio Hisiilenapo of the clergy of Ondjiva, Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Angola ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- A new center for the treatment of HIV/AIDS opens tomorrow in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest UNAIDS report 2010, the world begins to register a reversal of the spread of the HIV epidemic. In recent years more than 5 million people in the southern countries of th ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-In the country people continue to die due to lack of basic medicines and anesthetics Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the lack of anesthetics, one person dies every week in Kenya, and the situation is particularly serious in rural areas. In areas such as Turkana in the Rift Valley, and Northeastern provi ...