Africa

• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The mystery of the plane with the gold, stopped in Goma: a missionary speaks to Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “It is very likely a transaction, that for some reason, there has been a hitch and that has helped to confirm the involvement of the Congolese military in the illegal exploitation of Congoles ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - An important breakthrough: “now the press highlights the corruption of the regime,” Fr Verdoscia tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday we witnessed an imposing demonstration in Tahrir Square. The protest movement is gaining in numbers every day,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells F ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives killed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, Jimmy Lemi Milla, was killed in his office in Juba, the capital of the new state of Southern Suda ...
• 8 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The situation is apparently returning to normal but protesters do not intend to ease off” says missionary Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is returning to normal even if the protests continue in Tahrir Square, where speakers alternate, making addresses using a speaker system,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missio ...
• 8 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Southern Sudan is officially independent; a Bishop denounces the atrocities of the LRA Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The definitive results on the referendum held 9-15 January on Southern Sudan's independence were published yesterday, 7 February. 98,83% of voters said yes to independence. Preliminary results we ...
• 7 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Religious leaders: the LRA is a threat to the new independent State of Southern Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The independence of Southern Sudan, approved by a staggering majority of voters in the referendum held from 9-15 January, is being threatened by the presence of guerillas from the Lord's Resista ...
• 7 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “We are returning to normality even if protests are continuing,” missionary states Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation seems to be returning to normal, even if protests are continuing in Tahrir Square,” Father Luciano Verdoscia told Fides, the Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo ...
• 5 February 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “The Holy Father's gift to displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire shows the proximity of the Church to the least,” said the Apostolic Nuncio Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has always been closer to all those who suffer, without exception,” said Bishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, in a statement sent to Fides, in which it was ...
• 5 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “I have seen the best of Egypt,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia who saw the demonstrators in Tahrir Square tells Fide Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation has greatly improved,” Father Luciano Verdoscia told Fides, the Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo. “Yesterday, 4 February, the army took significant steps, ...
• 4 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The opposition could talk with Suleiman if they want to assume power in the meantime,” missionary tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Country is expecting demonstrations after Friday's prayers,” Fides was told by Father Luciano Verdoscia, Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo among children who make a liv ...
• 4 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “At the heart of the revolt is also the divide between the consumerism diffused by the media and the poverty of the people,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is calm because everyone in Luxor, Christians and Muslims, work with tourism,” Fides was told by Bishop Joannes Zakaria of the Coptic Catholics in Luxor, Egypt. “Everyone has ...
• 3 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The climate has changed: foreigners are urged not to leave their homes. There are many Mubarak supporters”. Missionary in Cairo speaks to Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The climate has changed following the clashes yesterday, 2 February, among demonstrators in Tahrir Square and the supporters of Mubarak,” Fides was told by Father Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni ...
• 3 February 2011
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The North African Bishops recognise in recent events “a vindication of freedom and dignity” Algeria (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of North Africa “recognize in events that are shaking Tunisia and Egypt... a claim to freedom and dignity, in particular by the younger generations, resulting in the desire that al ...
• 2 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A missionary among the protesters in Cairo tells Fides: “I have not experienced a climate of fanaticism, but one of joy and celebration” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Internet connections have just been restabilised,” Father Luciano Verdoscia reports to Fides. Fr Verdoscia is a Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo, in contact with the child ...
• 2 February 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Rising number of child landmine victims in Somaliland Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) – Recently Somalia's self-declared independent region of Somaliland has experienced an increase in landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO). In a note from Ahmed Ali Maah, director of the Somalil ...