Africa

• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Church in Nigeria collects offerings for the victims of violence in the Niger Delta: “It is not time to apportion blames, but to assist our brothers and sisters in need.” Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Nigeria has decided to send all the money collected from the Masses on Sunday, May 24 to help victims of the fighting taking place in the Delta region (see Fides 26/5/2009 ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violence continues against civilians in eastern Congo; testimony from a priest and the UN’s alert Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as they are forced to suffer the retaliation attacks conducted by two foreign guerrilla groups, the Lord’s Resi ...
• 27 May 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appeal of Fr. Romolo, from the Don Orione Village in Muntanhana Weru Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – Orione Missionary Father Romolo Mariani has launched an appeal on account of the difficult conditions of the Muntanhana Weru mission in Bagamoyo. He writes in the “Don Orione Oggi” Magazi ...
• 27 May 2009
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Inculturation, liturgy, missionary pedagogy and promotion of local clergy in the writings of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja in his 35 years of mission work in Ethiopia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The missionary should consider the country where he is sent as his own, love it as his homeland, and do everything he can for it.” This is one of the passages found in the “Historical Memoir ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal from humanitarian organizations for Niger Delta refugees Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Over 3,000 people have been deprived of aid in the Niger Delta (Nigeria), on account of the military attack on MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) militants. This is what has ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA - The scramble for land in Africa, a report highlighting the possibilities and risks Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A new “scramble for Africa” is underway, no longer in the colonial style of troops and colonies, but with financial investors interested in acquiring the best lands for producing food product ...
• 25 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Over 200 dead and 57,000 refugees as a result of fighting in Mogadishu; President Ahmed makes appeal Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Somalia has made an appeal to the international community, asking them to help his country to expel the hundreds of foreign troops that have sided with the Islamic fundament ...
• 25 May 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Failed attempt to reach a resolution to the crisis Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Former Madagascar President Didier Ratsiraka announced that he will no longer participate in the talks taking place in an effort to help the country emerge from the crisis between the Pre ...
• 22 May 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Incumbent President elected for a second term, as women take their place in politics Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – The incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika, 75 years of age, has been reelected President of Malawi, winning the presidential elections held on May 19 (see Fides 18/5/2009). The Electoral Com ...
• 22 May 2009
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - UNICEF decries death of 45,000 children every year in Cameroon, as a result of malnutrition; the refugee dilemma Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – At least 45,000 children die every year from malnutrition in Cameroon. This is what UNICEF, the UN's agency for children, has declared in recent days. In their report on Africa, the organizati ...
• 22 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Let us educate people to go beyond the futile fascination of the mass media,” says Bishop Badejo on the 43rd World Communications Day Ibadan (Agenzia Fides) - ““The Church is communication”. It is very tempting for theologians to try to contest this statement but it is not a frivolous one,” said Bishop Emmanuel Ade Badejo, Coadjutor Bishop of t ...
• 20 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Military attack on rebels continues in the Niger Delta Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – At least 70 people have died in the military attack being led in the Niger Delta, in southeast Nigeria, against the rebels of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Among t ...
• 20 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Amidst extremists, pirates, and foreign investors, Somalia wallowing in chaos and violence Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is uncertain in Somalia, where fighting between government forces and the militia of the Shebab (“the boys”) extremists has intensified. Today, May 20, the rebels attacked ...
• 19 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Conflict between government forces and extremist rebels intensifies Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Somalia has worsened, as the conflict between two sides of the Islamic Courts, the “moderate” (as Western mass media defines them) which has taken control of the nationa ...
• 19 May 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Leave your personal interest aside for once and concentrate on the fate of the nation,” Archbishop of Mombasa asks the nation's leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “Only through respect of the other and proper use of dialogue can this government forge ahead to tackle the issues affecting ‘mwananchi’ [kiswahili for “sons of the nation,” i.e. Kenya ...