Africa
22 January 2011
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Almost all Central Africa to vote to elect the new President
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, 23 January, 1,800,000 will vote in the presidential and legislative elections of the Central African Republic. “The situation in the capital of Bangui is calm. Our hope is that the ...
21 January 2011
AFRICA/SWAZILAND - 140,000 young orphans risk not being accepted into primary school
Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) – In Swaziland the new school year has just commenced. Among the young faces that populate the classes of this mountainous Country are 140,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC's). “Apart f ...
21 January 2011
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Bishop Jacques Sarr of Thiés dies; Particular commitment to interreligious dialogue and self-sufficiency of the Church in Africa
Thiès (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief illness Bishop Jacques Sarr of Thiés died on 18 January at age 76. As communicated by the national board of the Pontifical Mission Society in Germany, Missio München, he was adm ...
20 January 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - The echoes of a Tunisian revolt can even be heard in sub-Saharan Africa
Roma (Agenzia Fides) – The echo of the people's revolt which forced President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia to flee, may be heard not only in the north African world and the Middle East but also in sub-Saharan Afr ...
20 January 2011
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “I followed my conscience which impelled me alleviate the suffering I saw”: testimony of medical volunteer in Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “There can be no limit to understanding the causes of poverty in Africa, action is needed,” Fides was told by Dr Luigi Bellini, founder of the “Le Samaritain” diagnostic medical centre in A ...
19 January 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Failed mediation by Kenyan Premier, new attempts at a peaceful conclusion to the crisis
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “Time is up”, said the Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, mediator for the African Union in the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, in an announcement on 19 January about the failed attempt to come t ...
19 January 2011
AFRICA/SENEGAL - IV continental FIAC Meeting for Western Africa opens today
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The West African Continental Meeting of the International Forum for Catholic Action (FIAC) opens today, on the theme: “Life, bread, peace and liberty. For a prosperous, peaceful, reconciled Af ...
18 January 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Floods: serious damages to farms and to housing in northern zones
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Serious damage to farms has been caused by heavy summer rains affecting South Africa and which have destroyed numerous houses. The province most seriously affected is the Northern Cape, ...
18 January 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The international community continues to mediate, but also prepares for military intervention in the end
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Between attempts at dialogue and signs of a possible military intervention, the international community continues to add pressure to relieve Côte d'Ivoire from the political-institutional cri ...
18 January 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Sister Jeanne Yegmane was the victim of a street ambush,” the Bishop of Doruma-Dungu tells Fides
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Sister Jeanne Yegmane was killed in a street ambush. It does not appear to be a targeted killing,” Bishop Richard Domba Madiy of Doruma-Dungu, in north-east Democratic Republic of Congo, te ...
17 January 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - The crisis of the “Tunisian model” and the world of the Middle East
Tunisi (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Tunisia remains tense and uncertain, especially in the capital city of Tunisi, after President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali left the country in the wake of a popular protest which b ...
17 January 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - “The referendum was held peacefully but we fear a food shortage,” Bishop of Tombura-Yambio tells Fides
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “Based on initial counts of the votes, more than 80% of the voters of West Equatoria have voted for independence” Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussaka of Tombura-Yambio tells Fides, from southern S ...
15 January 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - International pressure is growing against Gbagbo
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Pressure is growing for the outgoing President of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to recognise the victory of Alassane Ouattara in the vote at the end of November and leave power. The European ...
14 January 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Students in revolt in Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is not yet under control because it is still marked by clashes,” say sources of Fides from the local Church in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republis of Congo, where a ...
11 January 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - “We are here to express our solidarity with the Church in the south and in the north of Sudan” said a spokesperson of the SACBC
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - “Things are going incredibly well. Most of the population has voted and the situation is very calm,” Father Chris Townsend tells Fides, a spokesperson for the SACBC, located in Juba (south Suda ...
Total articles: 10525 - Page 486 of 486