Africa

• 14 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Stop violence that affects defenseless civilians: Appeal on behalf of the Sudan Ecumenical Forum El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) – In less than a month Southern Sudan will be an independent state, and a new humanitarian crisis is likely to erupt in the territories. In a statement released by ANS says that the Sudan Ecume ...
• 13 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Caritas South Sudan: Working to give birth to a country where access to basic necessities like drinking water, health, education are assured Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After decades of conflict, natural disasters and unstable governments, on July 9, 2011 Southern Sudan officially becomes an independent state. The inhabitants of this new African country are st ...
• 13 June 2011
  AFRICA/MALI-Resignation of the Bishop of Kayes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 11, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kayes (Mali), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Dao, in accordance with ...
• 11 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"I have no news about the sisters who are in Kadugli, the situation of displaced persons is critical", said the coadjutor bishop of El Obeid Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The telephone network has been disabled and is therefore very difficult to obtain information from the area" His Excellency Mgr. Michael Didi Adgum Mangora says to Fides, coadjutor Bishop of El ...
• 11 June 2011
  AFRICA/REP. CENTRAL-"The widespread insecurity, forcing the population to live in despair", appeal to the international community of the Justice and Peace Commission Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in Central African Republic and, particularly, in the north and north-east, where raging armed gangs clearly identified sow desolation with total impunity, forcing populat ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND-"In Swaziland a brutal and undemocratic regime": the alarm of the Bishops in Southern Africa Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - "Swaziland is a country in turmoil, a country tearing itself apart from the inside by the actions of the uncaring state of head and a regime that is getting more brutal by the day". It is the ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA-There is "a modest acceleration in the paperwork to relocate the refugees accepted in Tunisia to other countries", says Don Mussie Zerai Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The refugees were transferred from the camp where in recent days, some tents had been burned to another, on a hill near a Tunisian military detachment", says Don Mussie Zerai to Fides, Eritrean ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Health care assistance for the people forced to flee from Abyei Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - Entire cities have been emptied and thousands of people are fleeing from the fighting erupted in the Sudanese region of Abyei on the night of May 20 (see Fides 21,23,24,25,30 / 5 / 2011 9 / 6 / 2 ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Resignation of the Bishop of Sokoto and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on June 10, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sokoto (Nigeria), presented by His Excellency Mgr. J. Kevin Aje, in accordan ...
• 10 June 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Applause from the Church for the law on the repeal of female genital mutilation Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to thank Parliament for the approval of the law against female genital mutilation in our country. It is a sign of great commitment to protect the most vulnerable of our society", sa ...
• 9 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The humanitarian tragedy of thousands of displaced persons from Abyei continues", says the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal to Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Abyei are still missing in the cease-fire area and in need of assistance. The humanitarian crisis continues", says Mgr. Roko Taban Mousa, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in sout ...
• 9 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Intense fighting in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan; the testimony of the Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid to Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The fighting continues, the entire population has fled from the city", says His Exc Mgr Michael Didi Adgum Mangora to Fides, Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid, and South Kordofan (in South Sudan) is p ...
• 9 June 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA-A new home for children and youth at risk in Luanda Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – For almost a month the poor and abandoned children in Luanda can count on the support of a welcoming house for minors "Zeferino Namuncurá", renovated and run by NGO Salesian volunteers "Inter ...
• 8 June 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The cathedral was badly damaged in yesterday`s attack" the Bishop of Maiduguri tells Fides Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - " St. Patrick`s Cathedral was seriously damaged, windows and doors destroyed, the whole building was shaken to its foundations by the violence of the explosion", His Exc Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doe ...
• 8 June 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Mgr. Martinelli fears "a split within the Libyan people" and insisted: "I still believe in dialogue" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday was a terrible day because of the bombing. Today, thank God, the situation is much calmer", says His Exc Mgr Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli. "The political ...