Africa

• 25 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Life starts at conception” Bishops of Kenya affirm, following proposal to alter Constitution to claim life begins at birth Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Conscious of our divine mandate to promote the culture of life and to stand for the inviolable right of every person to life from the moment of conception to natural death, we strongly feel we ...
• 25 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Anonymous cell phone threats are spreading fear that will incite further violence,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - Anonymous messages to spread panic and incite new violence are being sent to the cell phones of citizens of Jos, the capital of the Plateau State (Central Nigeria), where in recent days there have b ...
• 23 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “What impacted me most was the zeal and the joy of the people that I met, for the faith.” Testimony from a young American on his missionary experience in Southern Sudan. Torit (Agenzia Fides) – This January 9-23, three young men from the United States of America have been visiting the Diocese of Torit (Southern Sudan) to collaborate in parish missions and the “Bread of Life” Euchar ...
• 23 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation” in Africa: the key role of the woman Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Women have been called to help the Church to build peace and reconciliation in families. "Your importance in the family makes you the most qualified people in the peace process and in promotin ...
• 22 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Sudan can find the path to peace through a complete application of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,” Nuncio in Sudan tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “2010 and 2011 are decisive years for Sudan's history. I am convinced that there is concrete hope for peace, as in recent months there have been positive developments seen in Southern Sudan and i ...
• 22 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Human life is sacred,” say Christian and Islamic leaders of Nigeria, condemning violence in Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Human life is sacred and belongs to God alone to give and to take away. It must therefore be respected, protected and preserved by all men and women who claim to believe in God under any name,� ...
• 21 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The spread of false information increases the violence,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of false information incites the people and increases the violence. There should be attention placed so as not to spread news that has not been verified,” Agenzia Fides was told by Ar ...
• 20 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The accounts of the fighting's origin are mistaken,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The accounts that have been published so far on the origin of the fighting are mistaken. In particular, it is not true that a church was attacked and burned, " Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of J ...
• 20 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We denounce all perpetrators of this shameful conspiracy,” say Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan completely denounce the recent incidents in Jos in a statement sent to Fides, published at the close of their meeting held January 18-19, 201 ...
• 19 January 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Let us support the people of Haiti”: appeal from South African Christian leaders Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The leaders of the Christian communities in South Africa launched an appeal to solidarity for the people of Haiti. “Let us support the People in Haiti with our bread. Haiti’s devastat ...
• 19 January 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Military regime appoints new Prime Minister; “We need to get to work immediately, because the economic situation is extremely serious,” Church sources say Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The military junta has appointed Guinean Prime Minister Jean-Marie Dore. Doré will lead the government of national unity under the agreement concluded on January 15, in Ouagadougou, capital o ...
• 18 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 300,000 students at risk for losing their place in state high schools; Archdiocese of Nairobi reopens parochial school Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The new year began in Kenya with bad news for 300,000 students that might not have access to secondary schools supported by the Government. The measure comes after the scandal of the millions of ...
• 18 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Common criteria, valid and effective, for volunteering in Africa: Conference in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Department for Youth Ministry of the Salesian Order, along with their Department for the Missions, the International Voluntary Service for Development (VIS), and the Don Bosco Network (DBN ...
• 16 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Construction of a mosque on parish property in northeastern Congo: “a useless provocation,” local Bishop tells Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Islamic community has started work on a mosque on land belonging to the parish of “Mater Admirabilis" in downtown Dungu, in the Diocese of Doruma-Dungu, northeastern Democratic Republic ...
• 14 January 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “There are somewhere between 3 and 4 million people at risk,” Bishop of Djibouti tells Fides after WFP suspends aid distribution to southern Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very concerned about the humanitarian situation in south-central Somalia, where 3 to 4 million people depend on international aid for their survival," Fides was told by Bishop Giorgio Be ...