Africa

• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops say after 2009 elections, “hopes are slowly fading away”, democracy at risk Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “When we emerged from the 2009 elections, our hopes were high for peace, stability and development for all. Somewhat more than a year later our hopes are slowly fading away,” says a message ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - African and European Bishops to meet on Ad Gentes mission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) will be having a joint Seminar on the theme: “New situation of ...
• 5 November 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Increased alarm for child soldiers and violence suffered by young girls Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – Armed groups in Somalia have continued recruiting children to fight and engage in piracy, and girls have found themselves facing increasing risk of sexual violence. According to the Special ...
• 4 November 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Good can overcome evil,” says Archbishop of Jos, site of recent fighting Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “It was incredible to witness what January 17th 2010 Jos crisis did to the inhabitants of Jos and its environs. Somehow, insanity was let loose which triggered the destruction of churches and mosq ...
• 3 November 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Thank you for the peaceful elections”: message from Archbishop of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – "The elections that we asked for with all our hearts have become a reality. Yes, indeed, peace is closer than ever," writes Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan in a message posted yesterda ...
• 3 November 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Second Diocesan Synod of Makurdi: the final message Makurdi (Agenzia Fides) – The Second Diocesan Synod of Makurdi, Nigeria, has come to an end. In the final message sent to Fides, they give thanks to God for the benefits received since its creation: “In the fifty yea ...
• 3 November 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 185 kids at kindergarten run by Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart in Nanoro Nanoro (Agenzia Fides) – Nanoro's mission is the first built by the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart in Burkina Faso, who have been in the country for over 20 years. It is home to a kindergarten and a school for se ...
• 30 October 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholic radio journalists of eastern Africa denounce government interference Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic radio managers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have decried increasing government harassment and interference despite constitutional guarantees on their freedom. This is what emerged fr ...
• 29 October 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections: “no to violence, not to systematic lying,” says Archibishop of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Ivory Coast is preparing to vote, after several postponements, for the new head of state. The presidential elections, which were supposed to have taken place in 2005, will be held Sunday, Octo ...
• 29 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Ethnic tensions heighten with vote only two weeks away Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is tense in the Republic of Guinea, where it was finally decided that November 7th would be Election Day after repeated delays in the presidential election run-off (see Fides 23/ ...
• 28 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - July tank explosion victims left without support Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “The people have not received practically any of the money raised to help them," Fides has been told by local church sources (which for security reasons asked not to be cited) in Sange, a t ...
• 28 October 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - First National Missionary Congress: “God's mission is our mission.” Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The local Church, in cooperation with the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Zambia and the religious institutes in the country, has organized the First Missionary Congress in Zambia, held O ...
• 27 October 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Water and education: Jesuits “braving the desert” Kaya (Agenzia Fides) – Initiate growth and social and economic autonomy of the province around Kaya, situated between desert and savannah: this is the goal of a large project of human, cultural, health, socio-economic, ...
• 26 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Is another war brewing in North Kivu? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Is the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the verge of another war? This is what the missionaries of the “Network for Peace in Congo” are wondering. They tell Fides of some indicatio ...
• 26 October 2010
  AFRICA/BENIN - Caritas Benin makes appeal via Fides: “We are in urgent need of food and medicine.” Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in urgent need of food and medicine to help the population affected by the floods," Sister Léonie, Secretary General of Caritas Benin, has told Fides. "Caritas has organized the parish ...