Africa

• 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 ...
• 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 ...