Africa

• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A bus to assist street kids with emergency medical services, food, clothing and educational activities Freetown (Agenzia Fides/ANS) - The Salesians in Freetown, through the NGO “Don Bosco Fambul”, have launched the “Don Bosco Mobile”, a bus that will serve to help street kids with emergency medical assistance, foo ...
• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Growing fears of clashes over the announcement of politicians indicted by the International Criminal Court Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Kenyan political class seems united in claiming national sovereignty and in making an appeal to the patriotic pride of Kenyans,” a source from the local Church in Nairobi, the capital o ...
• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Fears of violence after an appeal to Ouattara's supporters on the march to television headquarters Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “There are strong fears that the situation might get out of hand and that there will be violent clashes between supporters of both camps,” a source from the Church in Abidjan, the economic c ...
• 13 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Religious leaders announce six days of prayer and fasting for peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders of Côte d'Ivoire have launched an appeal to the people to not “give in to provocations and violence from whatever side they come,” said a statement sent to Fides. The d ...
• 13 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Good governance and self-sustainability at the heart of the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Southern Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) – The ninth plenary session of the Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA), which opened on 6 December in Pretoria, South Africa, ended yesterday, Sunday, 12 December. As ...
• 10 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “General indifference to the continuing violence in the east of the Congo”, denounce missionaries Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The tragedy in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues, while the international community assists helplessly, indifferently, passively, or even knowingly,” said the ne ...
• 10 December 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Conference in Rome on the future of Sudan and the role of Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The complexity of the situation in Sudan, a Country that is preparing for the referendum on the independence of the south (to be held 9 January, 2011), has been the focus of the Conference “The f ...
• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Reviving Biblical Pastoral Care in Africa in light of the Exhortation, “Verbum Domini” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – One recommendation is to promote the diffusion of the Divine Word in Africa through the use of both modern means of social communications and traditional means of communication in the promoti ...
• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Jesuit seminarian killed in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Jesuit seminarian of Togolese nationality, Nicolas Eklou Komla, was killed Sunday, 5 December on Belair Street, Mont Ngafula, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of C ...
• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Thousands of people at risk due to severe drought in the central region of Mudug Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - At least 5,000 families (30,000 persons) in 13 villages north-east and south-east of the regional capital, Galkayo, in Somalia, have immediate need of assistance following the severe drought t ...
• 7 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Deadlock but diplomacy is working away. Eye-witnesses in Abidjan and Korhogo speak to Fides Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The lives of ordinary people continue while the politicians talk” a source from the Church in Abidjan tells Fides, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, divided between two leaders, Alass ...
• 7 December 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Maternal and infant mortality rates are improving but there is still a long way to go for health care in the Country Gicumbi (Agenzia Fides) - In Rwanda, one of the countries with the worst indicators in the world for maternal and child mortality, the government is working to ensure access to lifesaving medical care for mothers and the ...
• 6 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Two Presidents and two Governments: Côte d'Ivoire on the verge of chaos; the Church appeals for “sensibleness” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Côte d'Ivoire has two different Presidents and Governments. Alassane Ouattara, who according to the Independent Electoral Commission and the international community won the presidential ballot ...
• 6 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya: “Power that is not used for the common good is power without a purpose” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to politicians to respond to the expectations of the population and a call to end the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are two of the most significant passage ...
• 6 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 100 bishops from Southern Africa meet in Pretoria Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - About 100 Bishops from Angola, São Tomé e Principe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland are in Pretoria (South Africa) from 6 to 13 December, for the inter-regi ...