Africa

• 14 February 2011
  Africa/Congo DR - “New people for a new Congo”: appeal in memory of the massacre 19 years ago of the Christians who called for democracy Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Together we will build another Congo with new people”. This is the banner for the manifesto promoted by 11 Congolese organizations to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the March for Hope ...
• 14 February 2011
  AFRICA - Thousands of albinos in hiding in fear for their lives Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of albinos in Tanzania and Kenya have abandoned their villages for fear of being persecuted and killed, going in the direction of urban areas where they seem to be more secure. Accor ...
• 12 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Now we need to restabilise security to relaunch the economy and tourism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “The celebrations went on all night and this morning the situation is quite calm,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells Fides, following the resignation of Pre ...
• 12 February 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - About 2,000 people, mostly HIV-positive, being assisted in Cumura hospital Cumura (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the World Day for the Sick, celebrated throughout the world on 11 February, the Diocese of Bissau sent Fides some information on its work in Cumura hospital, where 2,000 peop ...
• 12 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Army takes back control of Fangak, scene of serious clashes Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA, the former guerilla movement that has become the regular armed force of the future State of South Sudan) has once again taken control of the village o ...
• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Houses destroyed, cemeteries and streets flooded: fears for health issues Chimoio (Agenzia Fides) – Five of the 23 districts of Manica province, in central Mozambique, have been seriously hit by heavy rains. Latest information gathered by Fides says that about 80 houses have been destroyed, ...
• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Numbers rising in the protest movement, expectations for a huge demonstration tomorrow” Fr Verdoscia tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Tension is rising and we are awaiting tomorrow's protest, Friday of prayer for Muslims, when it is estimated that there will be a million people in the square,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Combon ...
• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The mystery of the plane with the gold, stopped in Goma: a missionary speaks to Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “It is very likely a transaction, that for some reason, there has been a hitch and that has helped to confirm the involvement of the Congolese military in the illegal exploitation of Congoles ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - An important breakthrough: “now the press highlights the corruption of the regime,” Fr Verdoscia tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday we witnessed an imposing demonstration in Tahrir Square. The protest movement is gaining in numbers every day,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells F ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives killed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, Jimmy Lemi Milla, was killed in his office in Juba, the capital of the new state of Southern Suda ...
• 8 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The situation is apparently returning to normal but protesters do not intend to ease off” says missionary Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is returning to normal even if the protests continue in Tahrir Square, where speakers alternate, making addresses using a speaker system,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missio ...
• 8 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Southern Sudan is officially independent; a Bishop denounces the atrocities of the LRA Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The definitive results on the referendum held 9-15 January on Southern Sudan's independence were published yesterday, 7 February. 98,83% of voters said yes to independence. Preliminary results we ...
• 7 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Religious leaders: the LRA is a threat to the new independent State of Southern Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The independence of Southern Sudan, approved by a staggering majority of voters in the referendum held from 9-15 January, is being threatened by the presence of guerillas from the Lord's Resista ...
• 7 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “We are returning to normality even if protests are continuing,” missionary states Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation seems to be returning to normal, even if protests are continuing in Tahrir Square,” Father Luciano Verdoscia told Fides, the Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo ...
• 5 February 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “The Holy Father's gift to displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire shows the proximity of the Church to the least,” said the Apostolic Nuncio Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has always been closer to all those who suffer, without exception,” said Bishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, in a statement sent to Fides, in which it was ...