Africa

• 23 September 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - A Bishop from South Sudan asks international community to protect civilians from Lord's Resistance Army attacks Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio, in the State of Western Equatoria (South Sudan), has called for the intervention of the international community in stopping attacks of Ugandan ...
• 22 September 2009
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - One out of eight women risks death from childbirth: “In resolving this tragedy, economic resources are needed, but so is a reflection on the dignity of the woman,” missionary says Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – One out of every eight pregnant women in Sierra Leone risks death during the pregnancy or at childbirth, says a report from Amnesty International. In the Western World, this percentile is red ...
• 21 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - More rumors of a possible military intervention: “it is a way of putting pressure on the Prime Minister,” local sources tell Fides Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “Rumors of a possible kidnapping of Prime Minister Monja Roindefo by the military are leading to a greater tension between parts of the army and some politicians,” Agenzia Fides was tol ...
• 21 September 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Severe warnings issued to local leaders in report on the post-electoral violence, commissioned by interreligious group Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Kenya continues questioning the root causes of the violence that broke out following the disputed presidential elections of December 2007. The incumbent Head of State, Kibaki, was reelected, b ...
• 18 September 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Updates from the Catholic Church in Egypt: appointment of Vicar of Alexandria and Combonian missionary presents book Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI appointed Fr. Adel Zaki, OFM, Parish Pastor of “Our Lady of Mt. Carmel” in Boulac (Cairo), Apostolic Vicar of Alexandria, of the Latin Rite community of Egypt. ...
• 18 September 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Attack on general barracks of the peace-keeping forces causes alarm and questioning Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The number of victims is now at 21, following attacks that took place yesterday September 17, on the general barracks of the AMISOM, the African peace-keeping force present in Somalia. The a ...
• 18 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Mystery of the meeting of the military leaders while political parties appear ever more divided Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – They are hours of expectancy in Madagascar, where today (September 18), in the capital of Antananarivo, the high commanders of the military gathered with leaders of the regional military ...
• 17 September 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Holy Childhood celebrates 10th anniversary in two dioceses of Zambia: Lusaka and Monze Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – On September 12, 2009, the Archdiocese of Lusaka celebrated the 10th anniversary of Holy Childhood in the Archdiocese which is itself celebrating its Golden Jubilee (50 years) of life dedicated ...
• 17 September 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Sin has made us into a sick and wounded people” Nigerian Bishops say, in condemning all violence Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “We condemn violence on whatever excuse or disguise, and from whatever direction. We condemn it, above all, when its perpetrators blasphemously and fraudulently claim religious justifications,� ...
• 16 September 2009
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A brief sketch of the “traditional kingdoms” of Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The fighting that took place last week in Uganda between police and “Kabaka” (the traditional king of the Baganga, Ronald Muwenda Mutesi II) supporters, has raised the question of Ugandan ...
• 16 September 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Let Us Save Our Nation”: Catholic Church in Kenya shows great concern for serious national problems Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Border conflicts; insecurity from crime; food insecurity; damage to the environment; the situations of the internal refugees; justice for political violence from 2007-2008; the adoption of rec ...
• 15 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The opposition tries to incite the province, “running the risk of igniting ethnic and tribal rivalries,” local sources tell Fides Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The tri-party coalition that is opposed to the leader of the High Authority of Transition in Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has announce a new “informational campaign” in the various re ...
• 14 September 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Crisis in Madagascar worsens following the canceled meeting for the application of the Maputo Accords Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “In the last two days, new developments seem to have complicated the political crisis in Madagascar,” sources from Don Bosco Radio, the main Catholic radio station in Madagascar, told A ...
• 14 September 2009
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Calm returns to Kampala following attacks in recent days that led to at least 21 dead Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – At least 21 people have been killed in the fighting that has taken place in recent days in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. This is what rescue workers have reported, as it seems that peace has ...
• 10 September 2009
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Important member of Lord's Resistance Army captured in Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – An important commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been captured by the Ugandan Army in southern Central African Republic. Mickman Opuk was the security guard for Joseph Kony, leade ...