Africa

• 21 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Situation still blocked while the European Union adopted sanctions against Gbagbo Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The political situation is blocked and the sanctions decided on by the European Union and the UN seem to have taken effect, at least for now, to strengthen the determination of Gbagbo's camp ...
• 20 December 2010
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Marian Sanctuary inaugurated in Ziguinchor, dedicated to Our Lady of the Mission Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - “A historic day for the Diocese of Ziguinchor,” recounts Fr Bruno Favero to Fides, director of the Pontifical Mission for Senegal and Mauritania, who describes how on 12 December in Ziguinchor ...
• 20 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - post-election violence: Cardinal Njue invites politicians not to inflame minds Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - While the controversy continues in Kenya on the publication of the names of six politicians accused of organizing the violence that followed the 2007-2008 elections - who are being investigated ...
• 18 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Catholic youth, ambassadors of peace and reconciliation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The young people of Central Africa want to be “messengers of peace and reconciliation” in their land, marked by violence and conflict, is what the participants say at a meeting on the the ...
• 18 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - A radio station promotes AIDS initiative for young freelance journalists Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), the global radio station, has just launched a new competition to Nairobi via the web to create greater awareness about the impact of HIV and AIDS on children i ...
• 17 December 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Dialogue is the only path to overcoming religious persecution”, Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church, since she was born, also and especially in the person of Jesus Christ, lives in the shadow of the Cross. But this is the strength of Christians, from the persecutions of the early m ...
• 17 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - After the violence of yesterday new clashes feared Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Abidjan is completely paralysed: the movement of public and private transport is blocked; shops, schools and offices are closed, while there is a heavy presence of presidential security force ...
• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA - Malaria: significant steps forward in endemic countries but more work needed to defeat it Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Since the last Report on malaria by the World Health Organization (WHO), published on 13 December, it appears that, over the past decade, programs for disease control in Africa recorded 200,000 ...
• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Violent clashes in Abidjan between police and supporters of Ouattara Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Violent clashes are underway in the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, where supporters of Alassane Ouattara, the President recognized by the international community, have organi ...
• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan politicians' names published, suspected by the ICC for the violence of 2008 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The publication of the politicians' names under investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a political earthquake, however for the moment it has not provoked ...
• 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 ...