Africa

• 13 January 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “We are called to bear witness to our faith with Gospel charity, with forgiveness, praying that we can find the true path to peace,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation has returned to calm, thanks to the authorities who are making considerable efforts to ensure everyone's safety," Fides was told by His Excellency Bishop Joannes Zakaria, the Coptic ...
• 13 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - UNHCR calls for “formal refugee sites” for Congolese refugees in Central Africa and Congo Brazzaville Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 107,000 Congolese refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have fled to the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville) since the beginning of November. Another 17,000 have crosse ...
• 13 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Camillian Missionaries develop photovoltaic system for electricity generation alternative at the Consolata Hospital in Nkubu Pescara (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian Missionaries and the Technical Industrial Institute "A. Volta” in Pescara are the protagonists of an energy project in Kenya. In an effort to live out the Church's social doctr ...
• 11 January 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Razafindratandra, “a prince of the Church who love the poor and lived like them” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "The Cardinal was the moral authority of the Malagasy nation, recognized by all, even by non-Catholics," Fides learns from Fr. Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with a long experience in Madagasc ...
• 11 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Increased concern for President's uncertain health conditions Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria is experiencing increased concern about the lack of information concerning the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has spent about 50 days in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. According to ...
• 9 January 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Security has improved and the situation is calm, but I ask all the Christians of the world to remember us and to pray for us,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “We are grateful to the authorities for what they are doing to ensure security for Christians and Muslims and to restore peace in our community,” Agenzia Fides was told by Archbishop Youhannes ...
• 9 January 2010
  AFRICA/CHAD - “Religions should work for peace and reconciliation,” Bishops of Chad say N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) – An invitation to all religious leaders to engage in the search for peace and national reconciliation has been made by the Bishops of Chad. "Through the Synod of Bishops for Africa, we became ...
• 9 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Care centers for street children, a home for disabled children, a farming colony:initiatives of the Opera Don Guanella Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are many centers in Congo being run and activities being organized by religious Opera Don Guanella, to meet some of the emergency needs facing the country. Among these are the Limete Wo ...
• 8 January 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “They are trying to turn Christian feast days into days of mourning” denounces Coptic Catholic Bishop of Luxor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "This attack on the day of Orthodox Christmas did not happen by chance: there is a clear plan to transform the Christian holidays into days of suffering," Fides was told by Archbishop Youhannes Za ...
• 8 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Peace at risk in South Sudan say 10 NGOs working in the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Peace is at risk in southern Sudan. This it was has been revealed by a report submitted by 10 NGOs, including some Catholic ones, working in the region. According to the report, entitled "Res ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 30,000 people in urgent need of aid due to flooding in the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Kenyan Red Cross Society (KRCS), some 30,000 people are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing thousands t ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Missionaries for peace in two Kivus say no to military solution and yes to export control of Congolese minerals and dialogue with local peoples Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "After the November 2009 report of the Group of United Nations experts on the situation in North and South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the great powers of the earth can no ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Balaka Mission begins year of preparation for its Golden Anniversary on Epiphany Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Parish of St. Louis de Montfort in Balaka has chosen the feast of the Epiphany to begin the year in preparation for the Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the mission of Balaka. "This ...
• 5 January 2010
  AFRICA - 50 years since the “Year of Africa,” the continent is increasingly urbanized Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 1960, the "Year of Africa," when most African states became independent, there was only one city in sub-Saharan Africa with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants (Johannesburg, South ...
• 5 January 2010
  AFRICA - A brief analysis of the urbanization of Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 1950, only 14.5% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lived in the city. In 1980, this percentage increased to 28% and in 1990 to 34%. It is expected that by 2020, 50% of the population in ...