Africa

• 14 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Rajoelina: “Presidential elections are on November 26...I'm not running” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have decided not to run in the upcoming elections, solely in the interest of the Malagasy people." Thus, the President of the High Authority of Transition (HAT) of Madagascar, Andry Rajo ...
• 12 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops reject proposed Constitution: “To vote for the constitution is to vote for all of it, including its good and its bad provisions. It is impossible to separate them.” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “We therefore repeat our advice to the people of Kenya to reject this proposed Constitution of Kenya,” affirmed the Bishops of Kenya in their press statement issued today, May 11. The bish ...
• 12 May 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Love for neighbor should inspire Christian working in politics Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Politics is the privileged field for the exercise of the apostolate and of charity," said Bishop Louis Mbwol, Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in the closing speech of ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides how Archdiocese uses solar energy to provide Internet to its villages Gulu (Agenzia Fides) – “We want to promote the use of new technologies to help development in our diocese,” Fides was told by Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu (North Uganda), who has promoted the Gulu-based Ca ...
• 11 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Our Church, founded by missionaries, is sending its missionaries around the world," Nigerian National Ex-Director of the PMS Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We must have patience in awaiting the harvest of good fruits that are being sown in Nigeria," Msgr. Hypolite Adigwe, National Ex-Director of Pontifical Mission Societies of Nigeria, told Fides ...
• 10 May 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - World Cup in South Africa: “We still have opportunity to save someone from being trafficked,” religious sister from Zambia says Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “The thought of the World Cup in Africa arouses great excitement and pride in most Africans. But there is also great anxiety because this big event brings with it the terrible possibility of i ...
• 10 May 2010
  AFRICA - Every year, Africa loses 200-400 billion dollars in capital flight Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – The African continent loses between US$200 billion and US$400 billion annually in capital flight by firms (mainly foreign). This fact has emerged from the 20th World Economic Forum on Af ...
• 7 May 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - “The capture of the leader of the group which attacked us offers hope for peace, but it is necessary to solve the political, economic and social problems which are the cause of tension” Fides learns from the Catholic Archbishop of Mbandaka Mbandaka (Agenzia Fides)- “I sincerely hope the capture of the leader of the group which attacked the city of Mbandaka will bring peace to our province, but I cannot fail to recall that the existing grave political, ec ...
• 7 May 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Fr. Davide Sciocco, Director of Radio Sol Mansi, elected regional superior of PIME in Guinea Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides)- Fr. Davide Sciocco, aged 45, is the new regional superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Guinea-Bissau. He takes the place of Fr. Marco Pifferi, who served in this posi ...
• 7 May 2010
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Order of St John of God Hospitaller Brothers in Afagnan, nominated “Ambassador of Health ” Afagnan (Agenzia Fides) - The World Health Organisation has chosen the Order of St John of God Hospitaller Brothers in Afagnan as Ambassador of Health. The title was presented to Brother Pascal Ahodegnon, general directo ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “I am deeply saddened by the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua. I sincerely hope the new Head of State will guarantee free and fair elections ” the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “I am deeply saddened by the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua, I offer my condolences to the family, especially to the deceased President's mother who is still alive ” Archbishop John Olorunfe ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Child sorcerers: Care Centre in Soyo run by a missionary keeps going despite difficulties Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- In the Angolan city of Soyo a Care Centre for children accused of sorcery is running out of space and medicines, the director of Kikudo Centre Fr. Eduardo Matumona told to the local Catholic newsp ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Schools and training for teachers in Daadab refugee camp, one of the largest in the world Daadab (Agenzia Fides) - In 2009, at the request of Cooperazione Italiana, an Italian association of volunteers AVSI, (Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale), achieved an educative intervention inside Daa ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - New model of development in Kenya promoted through community spirit Nyhaururu (Agenzia Fides) - Nyahururu, situated on the equator, lies 280 km north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. It is here that we find Saint Martin, a community based organisation with 1,300 local volunteers involved ...
• 5 May 2010
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO - “We need help to resettle thousands of refugees in Equatorial Province” the Archbishop of Mbandaka tells Fides Mbandaka (Agenzia Fides)- “We need the help of the UN, NGOs and the international community in general, to get the refugees caused by recent fighting in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo back home” Fides w ...