Africa

• 18 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Thirty dead in a market in Abidjan; according to the UN “it was a crime against humanity” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The two factions are denying responsibility for the massacre at the market. Gbagbo's online newspapers even accuse Ouattara's 'Burkinabé mercenaries' of being responsible for the tragedy,” ...
• 18 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Italian diplomatic personnel evacuate from Libya,” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Everyone from the Italian Embassy and Consulate has left,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, Libya, to Fides. “Yesterday the staff of the Embassy cele ...
• 17 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “Our presence serves to give some serenity to the population”: the testimony of a sister from one of the combat areas in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “In our part of Abobo, the situation is a little calmer, even if the area is controlled by the so-called 'invisible commando',” says Sister Rosaria to Fides, from the Congregation of the Hol ...
• 16 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The World Islamic Call Society invites the Holy See to contribute to finding a peaceful solution,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) – “Yesterday I had a fruitful meeting with the Secretary General of the World Islamic Call Society (WICS), an institution funded by Libya, which is involved in interreligious dialogue and the ...
• 16 March 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Southern African Catholic Bishops express solidarity for the Japanese people Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - On behalf of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Catholic Community of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, OMI, of Johannesburg and Presi ...
• 15 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Another 50 African refugees departed, “but we need to do more” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Another 50 refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia have departed, thanks to the generosity of Italy. But we are in the midst of an apparently neverending challenge, because for every 50 people who ...
• 15 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Testimony to Fides by a missionary in Abobo, at the centre of the fighting for days Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Today it seems a bit calmer, even if we can hear sporadic gun shots in the distance, and the power functions every other hour. Yesterday, for example, there was no power, but tonight it is ba ...
• 14 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Violent fighting continues in Yopougon, in the municipality of Abidjan, Gbagbo's stronghold Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Violent clashes continue in the economic and administrative capital of of Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, between the forces loyal to outgoing President, Laurent Gbagbo, and the supporters of Preside ...
• 14 March 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishops critical of the constitutional revision for election of Head of State Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Bishops from the Democratic Republic of Congo say that the revision of the Constitution was completed in a “hasty and rushed manner”. This statement is contained in the exhortation “Ann ...
• 12 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Tens of thousands of displaced in the west of the Country: Bishop of Man's appeal Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In Man (west Côte d'Ivoire) the social and economic infrastructure, which has been in a state of decline since 2002, is taking an enormous hit as a result of the violence from the political cr ...
• 11 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We are committed to instilling courage in the remaining faithful, largely African and Filipino,” Bishop Martinelli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We will see today what the character is of our community who will gather to celebrate Mass on the first Sunday of Lent,” said Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripol ...
• 11 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Apostolic Nuncio meets with refugees from parish of Saint Ambrose in Angré Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I brought the solidarity of the Holy Father with me and some material aid, supplies and other things,” Bishop Ambrose Madtha, the Apostolic Nuncio in Abidjan, tells Fides from the economic ...
• 11 March 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Famine and drought afflicting thousands of Ugandans Agago (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of people who live in 36 of the 112 districts of Uganda are in grave danger of famine due to the drought linked to the La Niña weather phenomenon. Health workers issued an epidemic wa ...
• 10 March 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The situation is tense and confusing” following the clashes in Cairo, PMS National Director speaks to Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is still tense. Yesterday, 14 young Christians were killed in Moqattam. There are also tensions in Giza. The protest by the Copts is also still going after four days in front of t ...
• 10 March 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “The sense of Tunisian solidarity with the Libyan refugees is amazing,” says the Bishop of Tunis Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “The sense of Tunisian solidarity with the Libyan refugees is amazing. They are the ones providing food to the 10,000 people amassed in Ben Gardane, the border crossing between Tunisia and Liby ...