Africa

• 4 April 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Legislative, presidential and local elections postponed; Cardinal Okogie calls on voters to remain calm but laments authorities' decision Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Nigerian authorities have postponed the legislative, presidential and local elections to 9, 16 and 26 April respectively. The legislative elections (for the Senate and the House of Represent ...
• 2 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - More civilian victims and thousands of Libyans taking flight, reports the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who still sees “glimmers of peace” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday, April 1, in Sirte, eight civilians, mostly women and children were killed by bombs released by the international forces,” Nishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of ...
• 2 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Clashes in Abidjan near national radio-television network headquarters; damages to Church buildings in Duékoué Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Violent clashes with heavy artillery continue in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, among the Republican Forces of President-elect Alassane Ouattara and the Security Forces who r ...
• 1 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Fighting continues around the Presidential Palace in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Fighting between the armed forces of Ouattara and those of Gbagbo have gone on all night and are continuing today,” say Fides sources from the local Church in Cocody, in Côte d'Ivoire, Abi ...
• 1 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Two testimonies to Fides on the humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire, shocked by the fighting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is very confusing. Fighting continues. The soldiers barricaded in their barracks in Abidjan seem to be resisting. There is no news about Gbagbo, his family and members of his Go ...
• 31 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “At least 40 civilian deaths in air raid on Tripoli,” complains Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, repeating the urgency for a diplomatic solution Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The so-called humanitarian air raids have taken the lives of dozens of civilians in various areas of Tripoli,” complains Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, t ...
• 31 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The situation in Abidjan rapidly evolving; Republican Forces win Yamoussoukro; meanwhile they wait in hope for the Pope's Envoy Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation in Abidjan is rapidly evolving. We don't know what could happen in the next few hours,” say sources from the local Church in Abidjan to Fides, in Côte d'Ivoire, where yesterd ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The road to peace passes through the African Union,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who adds: “the humanitarian bombs are creating civilian casualties” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “IF we really want to find a diplomatic solution to the Libyan crisis, we need to go through the African Union. Its absence from the Conference in London disappointed me,” says Bishop Giovan ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “We are pleased about the Holy Father's words. We hope that his voice is heard,” says the Archbishop of Abidjan after Benedict XVI's appeal for peace in Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We are pleased about the Holy Father's words and we thank him for them. We hope that his voice is heard,” says Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire to Fides. In additi ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Diocese of Bissau opens a house for 100 children Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – With the approval of the Guinean executive, expressed by the Minister for women's affairs, social cohesion and the fight against poverty, the Babaram House for Children in the Diocese of Bissa ...
• 29 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli is grateful “for the fraternal solidarity from various Episcopal Conferences” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “In Tripoli the situation is quite calm but the mood of the people is brought down by the continual queues for fuel and the difficulties in obtaining food, even office work and schools are aff ...
• 29 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Violent combat pushes people to flee to Liberia: “The humanitarian situation is dramatic,” says Bishop of Man to Fides; appeal for refugees Man (Agenzia Fides) - “The humanitarian situation is dramatic because the fighting has gone on for three days,” says Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, Bishop of Man, in the west of the Country, to Fides. “The conditions ...
• 28 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Thank you, Holy Father, for your beautiful words of peace”: testimony to Fides from the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father's appeal was wonderful news and gives us great comfort. The Pope spoke words that affirm the need for reconciliation, peace and dialogue,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Mar ...
• 28 March 2011
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Bishops of Northern Africa: “No to war. We will make the Pope's appeal our own” Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - “The Bishops of Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), who are faced with the processes of historical development concerning Arab countries and especially the Maghreb, wish to re ...
• 26 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Hopes for peace with the African Union; “we are waiting for events to evolve”, says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We have been invited to a big event to be held in Tripoli. I am not exactly sure what it is about. If it is a peace rally we have no problems with participating,” says Bishop Giovanni Innoc ...