Africa

• 11 September 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Campaign for the schooling of one million children Mogadishu ( Agenzia Fides) - Somalia, where only four out of ten children go to school, has one of the lowest rates of child schooling in the world. On the occasion of the recent International Day of Literacy, the Somali ...
• 11 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Still looting and violence against civilians on behalf of the M23 despite peace talks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Despite peace talks being held in Kampala (Uganda) between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebels of the M23, the latter continue to plunder and harass civilians in N ...
• 10 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 60 people die in new clashes; a missionary: "the people are exasperated while there are those who feed the religious clash" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - At least 60 people were killed in a series of battles in different areas of the north-west area of the Central African Republic, in particular around Bossangoa, which took place between the 8th a ...
• 10 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Political reasons for the kidnapping of the dean of Anglican Bishops, states the Nigerian press Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The kidnapping of Mgr. Ignatius Kattey, Anglican Archbishop of the diocese north of the Niger Delta, which took place in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria, seems to be linked to the ongoing politi ...
• 10 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar: the revision of the Constitution will not disavow the Islamic identity of the Nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic identity of Egypt will remain confirmed in the Constitution with the consent of Christian Churches. This was stated by Al-Azhar University, in a statement issued last Saturday with whi ...
• 9 September 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Nuncio in Senegal denounces the "selfish interests" that prevent peace in Syria Dakar ( Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment to peace does not depend on simple human considerations: it comes from the gift of "Peace", said Mgr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, apostolic Nuncio in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Cape ...
• 6 September 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The challenges of the new leadership: National reconciliation, fight against corruption, the re-launch of economy Bamako (Agenzia Fides ) - "The first problem that the President, the Prime Minister and the government will have to face in the next few days is that of reconciliation and national unity", says Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secret ...
• 6 September 2013
  AFRICA - "Pray for Peace also through social networks" the South African Bishops’ appeal Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Africa has mobilized in response to the appeal launched by Pope Francis for a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, the Middle East and the world, organized for Saturday, Sept ...
• 5 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian Church welcomes with joy Pope Francis’ invitation to pray for peace Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - " In my parish we already started yesterday to pray according to Pope Francis’ intentions for peace in Syria, in the Middle East and the world", says Fr. Rafic Greiche, spokesman of the Catholic ...
• 5 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Deceptions of war on the border between Congo and Rwanda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – To create a "plausible" pretext to the Rwandese army in order to officially enter the Congolese territory. This seems to be the purpose of the artillery shots fired on and around Gisenyi, a R ...
• 5 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - Prevention against malaria for more than 180,000 children Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in Niger a prevention campaign has started against malaria which involves the treatment of children between three months and 5 years of age with a specific treatment called che ...
• 4 September 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Mgr. Bertin: "I hope in authentic dialogue with regards to the need for everybody to get out of the crisis in Somalia" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Opponents, Shabaab or others, have targeted government and foreign organization representatives and their staff. This is because they want to destabilize the Somali institutions in the recons ...
• 4 September 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Threats to the distribution of water in Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The kidnapping of Anoud Senussi, daughter of Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, Abdullah Senussi, has raised protests from the Margani tribe, to whom the family of the kidnapped belongs. The ...
• 3 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The inhabitants of the villages where a military offensive against the guerrillas is planned is caught between two fires Kinshasa ( Agenzia Fides) - "The population is trying to lead a normal life but attentive to what is happening because a new wave of violence is always feared" say to Fides Agency Church sources from Goma, the capital of ...
• 3 September 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The harsh survival of people with disabilities in the Country Freetown ( Agenzia Fides) - The civil war in Sierra Leone has left tens of thousands of disabled people, many of whom have suffered amputations. However, while the war victims receive aid, people suffering from various d ...