Africa

• 19 November 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “We are working alongside doctors from Malawi every day on the Internet,” says Fr. Alfonso Raimo, head of “Denied Childhood,” collaborating with health center in Diocese of Dedza Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The few doctors who decide to remain in Malawi make heroic efforts, but that alone is not sufficient to cope with diseases such as AIDS. So, we started a project to help them," Fides was told by F ...
• 18 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resurgence of xenophobic violence feared; spokesman from Bishops' Conference tells Fides: “We are in contact with the Internal Affairs Minister and we continue to observe how the situation evolves.” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “We are in contact with the Internal Affairs Minister and we continue to observe how the situation evolves, to see what exactly is taking place. When we have a clear picture of what is ha ...
• 18 November 2009
  AFRICA - Western Africa likely to be an area of confrontation between Colombian and Nigerian drug traffickers: UN expert warns Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A Boeing flight hired by South American traffickers crashed on takeoff in northern Mali. Alexandre Schmidt, an official of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has commented on th ...
• 18 November 2009
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Spiritans celebrate their General Chapter in Africa, for the first time Rome (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time in the history of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, founded in 1703, a General Chapter be held in Africa. The Superior General of the Spiritans, with the consent of its boar ...
• 17 November 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “We have made substantial progress towards democracy, but more must be done," say Mozambican Bishops Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – In reply to the message that the Synod Fathers addressed to Africa, the primary need is to make recourse to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This is what the Bishops of Mozambique said in their ...
• 16 November 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Africa needs water, not GMOs,” Cardinal Napier, Archbishop of Durban, tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "From the first information that I have read this morning on the FAO Summit, I have the impression that this organization does not know what the real problems of nutrition in Africa are. Africans d ...
• 16 November 2009
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Clergy celebrates 75th anniversary and Saint Coeur de Marie Major Seminary in Anyama celebrates 50th anniversary Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the National Day for Peace, in the presence of Cardinal Bernard Agre, and the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the Church of Ivory Coast has solemnly ...
• 14 November 2009
  AFRICA/TOGO - "A Church, daughter of missionaries, becoming an adult," Director of PMS in Togo tells Fides Lome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church in Togo was begun on August 28, 1892, when the first Mass was celebrated in our land,” Agenzia Fides was told by Fr. Benoit Eoevi Penoukou, National Director of the Pontifi ...
• 12 November 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Life of the Church: Consecration of the new Apostolic Vicar for Latin Community in Egypt and commemoration of the Legion of Mary Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On October 31st, we held the ceremony of consecration for Bishop Adel Zaki, new Apostolic Vicar for the Latin Community in Egypt. The ceremony was held at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in downtown ...
• 12 November 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishop of Rumbek's concern for lack of preparation among population for 2010 elections and referendum of 2011 Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Efforts are needed to prepare the population and the leaders of South Sudan for the 2010 elections and the referendum on independence in 2011.This is what Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek, in ...
• 11 November 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Increasing outbreak of HIV, urgent need to focus on prevention Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - According to new estimates by the National AIDS Council in Zambia, there are about 82,700 persons tested HIV-positive in 2009, up compared with over 70,000 in 2007. The Zambia HIV Prevention Resp ...
• 9 November 2009
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Situation of Angolan refugees forced out of Democratic Republic of the Congo to be presented at the Sixth International Congress of Migration which opens today at the Vatican Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Commission for Migrants of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe (CEAST) will present the issue of Angolans refugees forced out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
• 9 November 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Addis Ababa Accord: the question on the actual powers of the two “co-presidents” at the center of political debate Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement reached in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) by the four political movements of Madagascar (see Fides 7/11/2009) is stirring hopes among the population of Madagascar, but also some appre ...
• 7 November 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 4 parties of the Madagascar crisis sign another accord for forming a government of national unity to lead the nation to 2010 elections Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement between the 4 main political movements, to lead the Madagascar into the elections of 2010, has been reached in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Known as "additional act" agre ...
• 7 November 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Determining the origin of Congolese minerals to prevent financing war in eastern DRC discussed at conference with three missionaries: "The primary obligation is the truth about the causes of violence." Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We fear a new war, which would have repercussions throughout the Great Lakes Region and that will provoke another humanitarian catastrophe." This is the alarm raised by Fr. Luigi Lo Stocco, Xaveri ...