Africa

• 5 June 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Apostolic Nuncio to celebrate feast of Saint Anthony in Cairo parish Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On June 13, Feast of the Saint Anthony of Padua, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Apostolic Nuncio in Egypt, will celebrate a Mass in Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in Cairo. Saint Anthony of Pad ...
• 5 June 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - “He was planning a coups” says an official statement released on the death of presidential candidate for June 28 elections, killed this morning by soldiers Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Baciro Dabou, a candidate running for President in the elections scheduled for June 28 in Guinea Bissau, was killed this morning by a group of soldiers who entered his home. A statement from th ...
• 4 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fighting continues in the Niger Delta in spite of ceasefire and appeal to guerrillas to put down their arms Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – Fighting continues in the Niger Delta (southern Nigeria) between the Joint Task Force of the Nigerian Armed Forces and rebels of the MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta). Th ...
• 4 June 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya admits crimes committed by police, denounced in a UN report Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Government acknowledges there have been cases of unlawful killings within the police force, in respect of which investigations into 53 cases have been completed and 81 police officers pro ...
• 3 June 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Insecurity on the rise in South and North Kivu, where civilians are subject to violence from rebels and soldiers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – While the Congolese Army claims to have killed 11 guerrillas in a recent attack on North Kivu, local sources have informed Agenzia Fides that the situation remains one of great insecurity, in ...
• 3 June 2009
  AFRICA/TOGO - National Plan for Social Communications for the Church in Togo approved: using the media for evangelization should be a priority Lome (Agenzia Fides) - “Communications should be an essential dimension in all the activity of the Church and evangelication through the media should be a priority for the Church, Family of God, in Togo,” affirmed Ar ...
• 2 June 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “With the immense number voters, the people have called for an increase in democracy and respect from their representatives,” missionary says Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Just 10 days after the re-election of President Bingu wa Mutharika (see Fides 22/5/2009), Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfort Missionary who has lived in Malawi for years, sent a note to Fides o ...
• 2 June 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Austrian Mariannhill Missionary killed Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Ernst Plöchl, a 78 year-old Austrian missionary from the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries was killed in the South African Cape Province. Fr. Ploechl, who was a missionary i ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Over 700,000 people affected by floods, 40,000 homeless; Caritas appeal Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) – Over 700,000 people have been affected by heavy flooding in Namibia. Of these, 40,000 are homeless and in need of urgent assistance. The water levels of the Zambesi River have reached over 8 ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Unprecedented humanitarian situation” in the Niger Delta; Nigerian Bishops call for an immediate ceasefire Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - “As the Chief Shepherds of the people of God in Nigeria, we are particularly pained by the suffering, displacements and deaths of innocent citizens in the Niger Delta Region which have resulted ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - UN report accuses police of serious human rights violations Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Heated debate has been sparked in Kenya following a report in which UN Special Representative for Human Rights, Philip Alston, accused the Kenyan police of serious violations. The report affi ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Chaldean Community in Egypt celebrates 25th anniversary of their Pastor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Our Lady of Fatima's Cathedral in Heliopolis (Cairo) celebrated the Jubilee (25th anniversary) of its Pastor, Bishop Joseph Saraf, the Chaldean Bishop in Egypt. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI se ...
• 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 ...