Africa

• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"Abyei is a dead town: all the inhabitants have fled" the local priest says to Fides Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - "We have fragmented news from Abyei, but according to what we managed to find out the residents have evacuated the city, which is now empty," the priest of Abyei told Fides, who was not in town a ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-The Kenyan Episcopal Conference presents its new internet website Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan Episcopal Conference (KEC) inaugurated its new website with a ceremony presided over by His Eminence Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, at the "St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Bishop of Queenstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 23, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Queenstown (South Africa) Rev. do Dabula Anthony Mpako of the clergy of Pretoria, the pastor of St. Thomas Mo ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-The contribution of the mysterious Mani people in the construction of modern Sierra Leone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mysterious Mani people traveled the streets of West Africa since the beginning of the sixteenth century until almost the beginning of the seventeenth century. Almost unknown and even ignored b ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-North and south Sudan accuse each other due to new clashes in Abyei Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Abyei increases, the area rich in oil is disputed between north and south Sudan, after clashes that have opposed the troops of the two contenders, and have also involved the men of UNMI ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-Inauguration of Ouattara; tonight interfaith prayer at the Basilica of Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a strong popular mobilization and every effort has been made so that there is a festive atmosphere, also thanks to the organization of events throughout the city, " says Fr. Aug ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO-Resignation of Bishop of Koudougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 21, 2011 accepted the resignation from the ministry of the Diocese of Koudougou (Burkina Faso), presented by Archbishop Basile Tapsoba, in accordance wit ...
• 20 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-"Another 30,000 refugees in the catholic mission of Duékoué" an appeal from the Bishop of Man to Fides Man (Agenzia Fides) - "There are still 30,000 displaced people received into the catholic mission run by the Salesians in Duékoué" Bishop Gaspard Beby Gnéba, Bishop of Man in western Ivory Coast reports to Fides. The ...
• 20 May 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA-Centenary of the evangelization of northern Uganda: "we are living in the reconstruction phase," says the Bishop of Lira to Fides Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we conclude the second Archdiocesan Synod of Gulu. If Synod means 'walking together' I remember that 100 years ago, in 1911, when the first Comboni missionaries arrived in Gulu, alone, on th ...
• 19 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-The DRC towards elections in November, between light and shadow Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has published the electoral calendar, for the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections ...
• 19 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The Church of northern and southern Sudan must remain united, " says a missionary Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The independence of southern Sudan, on July 9, is approaching and there is a growing concern for the fate of Christians in northern Sudan. As underlined Fr. Asfaha Yohannes Weldeghiorghis, Ethi ...
• 18 May 2011
  AFRICA/MOROCCO-Morocco a possible partner of the Gulf Cooperation Council: towards the creation of a regional "monarchical" bloc ? Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - Morocco, along with Jordan, could become part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the organization created 30 years ago, which combines Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman ...
• 18 May 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO-The women are now asking for a national dialogue to get the country out of the worst crisis in its history Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Under the motto "dialogue, tolerance and justice, " the women of Burkina Faso have marched through the streets of the capital Ouagadougou to request the opening of a national dialogue to put ...
• 18 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Everyone must support the Church's pastoral mission among children Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is essential to train our children in all spiritual, moral and physical aspects, " said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, addressing the clergy, and religious, teachers and parents ...
• 18 May 2011
  ASIA-Food safety at risk in Central Asia Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Food safety is at risk in Central Asian countries: while governments in former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan seek to stabilize the nations polit ...