Africa

• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - To end the crisis a neutral government may include a few army officers Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- It may take a “neutral” national-unity government, formed of “technicians” (representatives of the civil society, freelance professionals, etc…) to pull Madagascar from political ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Catholic Bishop of Torit urges political leaders to reconcile after bitter electoral campaign Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek, the Catholic Bishop of Torit (Southern Sudan), called on the winners, in the recent elections to reconcile and unite to help in the healing of the political wounds the ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA - Climate change threatens food security in Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides) –Luanda, in Angola, is hosting a regional conference for Africa, organised by the Rome based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO, which will end on May 7. According to a new report “The im ...
• 4 May 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New project meets maternity and neonatal emergencies in Tosamaganga village Tosamaganga (Agenzia Fides) – A new project recently started in Tanzania by the Italian organisation CUAMM, Medici con l’Africa, (Doctors with Africa) aims to tackle maternity and neonatal emergencies in Tosamaganga, ...
• 3 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - After the failure of the Pretoria summit, will the military intervene directly in political life? Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- There is uncertainty in Madagascar after the failure of the meeting in Pretoria (South Africa) of the leaders of 4 “mouvances” who were to sign an agreement to bring the country out of a ...
• 3 May 2010
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - Jobless minors learn to work the land in the mining province of Katanga Likasi (Agenzia Fides) - The world financial crisis has swollen the lines of jobless people, increasing hunger and malnutrition in south-east Congo. The wake of the global financial crisis continues in the province of Ka ...
• 3 May 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes in Darfur over a swindle affecting thousands of people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Three to 10 people were reportedly killed and about twenty injured in clashes between the police and about a hundred demonstrators on the way to the residence of the Governor, yesterday, Sunday ...
• 30 April 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Summit talks seeking solution to national crisis open today in Pretoria Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) – The two major protagonists of the crisis in Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, President of the Transitional Authority, and the outgoing President, Marc Ravalomanana, met yesterday, April 29, in Pr ...
• 28 April 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Meeting in Pretoria to resolve Madagascar crisis Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Today, April 28, in Pretoria (South Africa) marked the opening of the meeting promoted by France, South Africa, and the SADC (Southern African Development Community) to resolve the crisis ...
• 28 April 2010
  AFRICA - “War of the Nile” feared after failed Sharm El-Sheik Summit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "War of the Nile" is the headline in the Congolese newspaper "Le Potentiel," in an editorial commenting on the failure of the Summit in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, which was to conclude with a new agree ...
• 28 April 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 40 minors of Rwanda and Congo seek “Long-Distance Sponsors” Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – There are a growing number of children seeking help from the Movement for Fighting World Hunger, who are now served in two centers for child protection, in Rwanda and DRC. Forty new requests ha ...
• 27 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Elections: President of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir, reelected and South Sudan President Silva Kiir confirmed Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese elections confirmed the two "strong men" of the country, the President of Sudan Omar Al Bashir and President of the autonomous government of Southern Sudan, Silva Kiir. Al Bashir has ...
• 26 April 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Reform of the Constitution: encounter between representatives of Christian communities and government Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives of the government and Christian churches of Kenya are meeting today, April 26, to reach agreement on the revised draft of the Constitution, which has raised great concern on th ...
• 26 April 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Theological education for human development and nation-building in Africa Port Harcourt (Agenzia Fides) - While the Church has contributed immensely to human development and nation-building through theological education, evident in the establishment of schools, seminaries, special institutes ...
• 24 April 2010
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Migrants suffer “intolerable exploitation” affirm Bishops of North Africa Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of the CERN (the Episcopal Conférence Régionale de l'Afrique du Nord), which was held in Rabat (Morocco) April 20 to 24 (see Fides 04/16/2010) has brought about a fruitful exchange ...