Africa

• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “Education and aid for children, general healthcare, and pastoral care of the youth are among the Church's main priorities in Ethiopia,” Apostolic Vicar of Soddo, Ethiopia tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the upcoming World Food Day to be celebrated on October 16, Fides met with Bishop Rodrigo Mejia, SJ, who has served as Apostolic Vicar in Soddo, Ethiopia, for 4 years. The coun ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/CHAD - Missionary Bishop launches appeal for Africa: “Stop taking advantage of riches without thinking of the welfare of Africans.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “50 years after the 'Year of Africa' (1960), when many African countries became independent, it is time to ask whether the population of the continent should have to continue living in anguish an ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/GHANA - New home for disabled adults in Adidome Adidome (Agenzia Fides) – Work has just recently begun on a new home for the disabled in Adidome, Ghana, in the Volta Region. 7 adults between 18 and 32 years are being cared for at the facility, with programs designed ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “The people want peace, but the high unemployment among youth is a time bomb,” missionary tells Fides Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – "Sierra Leone has undoubtedly made progress in recent years, however it must still be observed and encouraged by the international community," Fides has been told by Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, a X ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishops schedule November extraordinary Plenary Assembly on January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of Sudan will hold an extraordinary Plenary Assembly from November 8 to 15 in Rumbek, the capital of the Lakes State, in Southern Sudan, to discuss the referendum of Janu ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Precarious health conditions increase misery in slums Korogocho (Agenzia Fides) – Poor sanitation, lack of water and related disease outbreaks are making the lives of the residents of the sprawling Korogocho slums in Nairobi even harder. The threat of typhoid, cholera and ...
• 4 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “It is a most unfortunate incident that need not, however, endanger peace in the nation,” Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We prayed for the victims of October 1, together with the different Christian denominations in Nigeria,” Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, capital of Nigeria, told Fides. "The e ...
• 4 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - UN report on human rights violations 1993-2003 published Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I think the UN report will force the international community to carry out further reflection on recent events in the region," Fides was told by Fr. Loris Cattani, Xaverian missionary with a lo ...
• 2 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We cannot accept the shedding of innocent blood,” Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We are saddened by the loss of 10 lives and concerned that we are facing a new phenomenon, never before seen in our history: a double attack in the federal capital," Fides has been told by Arch ...
• 2 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Forming the moral conscience well to better witness to our faith: theme for pastoral year in Diocese of Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The influence of the materialist and relativist mentality, propagated by the mass media and political organizations and national and international economies, is blurring the moral conscience of ...
• 1 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - On 50th anniversary of national independence, Pope encourages work towards peace and democracy Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has called on Nigerians to work diligently for the peace and prosperity of their fellow citizens as the nation celebrates the golden jubilee of her attainment of ...
• 1 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Onaiyekan tells Fides: 16 children kidnapped in south released, University's accountant also released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The accountant of the Catholic University was released after six days of being held hostage by her kidnappers,” Fides was told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, capital of Nig ...
• 30 September 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Drama in Northern Nigeria: over 2 million flood victims Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,100,000 people have been affected by flooding in several areas of northwestern Nigeria. In the State of Jigawa alone, flooding caused by the bursting of dams affected 2 million people (a ...
• 30 September 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Parish priest of Mbau receives death threats, mugged by two bandits: violence spreading in the region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Augustin Mbusa, Assumptionist priest and Pastor of the parish in Mbau, (located in Beni, North Kivu), in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was threatened with death and robb ...
• 29 September 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 15 children kidnapped, Archbishop of Abuja speaks of “a terrible situation” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an unprecedented event. We are facing a terrible situation," Fides has been told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, where 15 children we ...