Africa

• 3 February 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya celebrates 100th anniversary of Consolata Missionaries Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is true that as Consolata Missionaries you have lived the desire of your Founder: To make people know God's love," said Archbishop Peter Kairo of Nyeri (Kenya), at the celebration marking th ...
• 3 February 2010
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - AU Summit concludes, focus on crises in Somalia and Madagascar and peace-keeping in Sudan Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – The conflict in Somalia, the peacekeeping operation in Sudan, and the political crisis in Madagascar were the main themes of the African Union Summit which ended yesterday, February 2, in ...
• 2 February 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Meeting on the Jos crisis: "a fruitful meeting which concluded that religion is not the cause of the clashes," city's Archbishop tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) – "It was a positive and fruitful meeting," Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama of Jos told Agenzia Fides, after attending a meeting at the Presidential Residence in Abuja, with the Vice-President of Nig ...
• 2 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Solidarity of the Church in Isiro with LRA guerrilla war victims Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in Isiro, in the Equator Province in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, January 31, held a procession and a Mass to remember and pray for the vi ...
• 30 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Archdiocese of Kisangani organizes a conference for religious leaders on the presence of LRA rebels in Uganda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of Kisangani has organized a conference of religious leaders to discuss the action of the Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in eastern Democrati ...
• 29 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Catholic NGO's report affirms gold mine in Mongbwalu should be a development opportunity for locals Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Golden Opportunity or False Hope?” This is the title of the report presented by the CAFOD (Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales), on ...
• 28 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Airing of Good News Radio, 6th Catholic radio in South Sudan, sponsored by Diocese of Rumbek Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) – "The Good News Radio will call us with its voice to come to the wisdom of letting what happens each day deliver a significant and constructive impact on our lives and on our world." This is how ...
• 28 January 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - PMS contribution to the growth and maturing of faith in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council for the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia took place from 20-23 January 2010 in Lusaka. According to a notice sent to Agenzia Fides from Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, Nati ...
• 27 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Jos tells Fides situation is improving Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is in the process of gradual improvement. We had several meetings that were very fruitful, with policy makers, religious, and elders, to try to restore calm and peace in our communi ...
• 27 January 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Drought, parasites, and foreign debt end “agricultural miracle” in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – "For almost three years, Malawi has been telling the world that it had defeated hunger. The trump card of this victory was the mass distribution of fertilizer. Purchased on the international ...
• 26 January 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “What is needed is a system to verify the payment of military salaries,” Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Shabaab have claimed responsibility for the mortar bombing of the hospital located at the Mogadishu Airport, also site of the headquarters of the African peacekeeping force AMISOM (African ...
• 26 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Army imposes limitation on military movements after national tension increases Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – Tension has risen in Nigeria, where yesterday (January 25), the Military Chief of Staff General Abdulrahman Danbazau announced the limitation of military movement. According to the General, tro ...
• 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 ...