Africa

• 31 May 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-Millions of children forced to flee from their homes due to violent conflicts Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - In northern Ethiopia, in the town of Adigrat and in its vicinity, due to the last border war that ended in 2000 ,many people deported from neighboring Eritrea live, a country that has yet to rea ...
• 30 May 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI-As a protest for 100 days no lessons at the University of Malawi, waiting for "the wind of North Africa" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "one hundred days have passed since 12 February, when the police arrested Blessing Chinsinga, a professor who had spoken about events in North Africa, creating a similarity with the situation ...
• 30 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-New ransacking and arson in Abyei, thousands of refugees still without any assistance: The complaint on behalf of the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - The Northern Sudan troops have occupied Abyei since May 21 and have once again burned several houses of the inhabitants fled before the offensive military. The complaint comes from Mgr.Roko Taba ...
• 28 May 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA-After the attacks on behalf of the media to the Church, the Bishops appeal for calm and reconciliation against any form of provocation Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Zambia Episcopal Conference, His Exc Mgr. George Lungu, Bishop of Chipata, sent a letter to all Catholics in the nation, which will be read in all the parishes on Sunday, Ju ...
• 28 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-The Congolese Bishops trained in the media culture Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - From June 15 to 20 the internal team of trainers of CREC (Centre de Recherche et d'Education en Communication) will be in Kinshasa for a training session on media culture for the Congolese Bish ...
• 27 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The situation of displaced persons from Abyei is always more dramatic, " said the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian situation of over 40,000 people who have fled from Abyei is even more dramatic, " says Mgr.Roko Taban Mousa to Fides, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in southern Sudan, and Ab ...
• 27 May 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Appeal from the President of the Episcopal Conference to the Head of State asking him to nominate Ministers who are worthy of the task Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Goodluck Jonathan is the President of all Nigerians, not just a part of them, and has to avoid appointing Ministers who are not worthy of the task. This is the request expressed by His Exc. Mgr. F ...
• 26 May 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - A refugee camp has been assaulted from Libya: "we need to accelerate the reception procedures," says the priest who assists them Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - " The UNHCR's responsible have arrived from Genova to try and handle the situation. The problem is that if the Tunisian government does not guarantee security, a commitment that was made when it ...
• 26 May 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA- The procedures for repatriation of Africans who fled from Libya and who are not entitled to asylum have begun Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - " 350 Sudanese were repatriated last night and tonight another 250 from Sudan, Chad and the Ivory Coast. Virtually all those who do not have right to political asylum will be expelled to their cou ...
• 25 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-"Our priority is the reconciliation of souls" the national director of the PMS says to Fides Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our priority as a Church is the reconciliation of people," says Father Alphonse N'Guessan N'Guessan, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Côte d'Ivoire to Fides. On M ...
• 25 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The population is fleeing from Abyei under the rain and is at risk of epidemics, no one helps them" dramatic appeal of the parish priest and the Apostolic Administrator Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The population fleeing from the city is still moving towards south, " says Fr. Peter Suleiman, pastor of Abyei to Fides, a town on the border between north and south Sudan, occupied by troops ...
• 25 May 2011
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE-Appointment of the Auxiliary of Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maputo (Mozambique), Rev.do Priest João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, General Pro-Vicar, Chancellor of t ...
• 24 May 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-"Proposing vocations in the local Church": the role of the youth in vocational promotion Edea (Agenzia Fides) - Ninety young aspirants to priesthood and religious life of the diocese of Edea and the neighboring dioceses of Douala and Yaoundé, lived three days of study, prayer and fraternity, from May 13 to ...
• 24 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The population is escaping under the rain, without any assistance, " says the priest of Abyei to Fides Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I was able to reach by phone a few parishioners who told me that the IDPs from Abyei are escaping, under a strong rain, from Agok heading towards Turalei" says the priest of Abyei to Fides, ...
• 24 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-New LRA attacks in northeastern Congo, the Bishop of Bondo thanked "those who keep talking about this tragedy" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the night between 18 and 19 May a group of guerrillas of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) kidnapped 15 to 18 people in a village 7 km from Angola in the north-east of the Democratic Republic ...