Africa

• 10 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - The tragedy of child soldiers continues, forced to kill and sexually exploited Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - About 2,500 children have been recruited for armed conflict both by the Séléka Rebel Alliance troups, which already control 75% of the country, and forces of the Government of the Central Afric ...
• 10 January 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - New massacres in the Tana Delta, concern for the hundreds of thousands of weapons in circulation Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 11 people were killed in the village of Kibusu, in the region of the Tana Delta, in Kenya, in an attack carried out at dawn today, January 10. Among the victims were five children. The ...
• 10 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI-Clashes between army and rebels, while in the capital protests continue Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that there were clashes between last night and the early morning of today, around the area of Konna, between the army and rebels, but the authorities havenot given precise information ab ...
• 9 January 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The priest of Rwandan origins expelled in August returns to Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Viateur Banyangandora, the priest of Rwandan origins expelled by the Zambian authorities in early August (see Fides 07/08/2012), returned to the country on January 7. Fr. Banyangandora was we ...
• 9 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - WFP condemns the looting of its food warehouses Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of tons of food aid have disappeared from the warehouses of the World Food Programme (WFP) in at least three locations in the Central African Republic conquered by the rebel coalition Se ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A journalist of a community radio station in Bambari has been killed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A journalist of the community radio ''Bé-Oko'' in Bambari (in the center of the Central African Republic), Elisabeth Blanche Olofio, was killed by the rebels of the Seleka coalition during the o ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Orthodox Christmas celebrated in the small community of Adaba Robe (Agenzia Fides) – The Christmas celebrations for the Orthodox Churches have just concluded. From the mission of Robe, Ethiopia, Father Angelo Antolini, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ethi ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Father Marek Rybinski's murderer convicted Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The judicial authorities in Tunisia have sentenced to life imprisonment Chokri Ben Mustapha Bel Sadek Mesteri, carpenter, 45, accused of murdering the Polish Salesian, Fr. Marek Rybinski. The prie ...
• 8 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI- Tensions on the line of demarcation between the army and rebels, waiting for the talks in Ouagadougou Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The tension on the front line in the Mopti area are probably related to the negotiations which should open in Ouagadougou. This is the opinion that prevails in Mali, as reported to Fides Agency b ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the idea to divide Egypt to create a "Coptic State " is irrational Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Coptic diaspora who launched the idea to divide Egypt to create a Coptic State are "irrational". This is what Pope Tawadros II in person said, for two months at the helm of the ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Pending the start of negotiations with the rebels, South Africa sends troops to Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa has sent about 200 soldiers to support the security of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, under threat from Seleka rebels. Despite the peace talks that open on Janu ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement to demarcate the boundaries between the two Countries and create a series of administrative, legislative bodies and police in t ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Childhood penalized, 200,000 children at risk for malnutrition Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Every day around the world 19 000 children die, and one third of these deaths are related to malnutrition. There are countries where the hunger problem is particularly severe. Among them, the young ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A million internally displaced persons: a problem that needs to be addressed urgently according to Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The internally displaced people are the main victims of the conflict and are still the biggest problem in the Country," says the latest report of Caritas Somalia sent to Fides Agency. Despit ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Comboni missionary beaten by the military for defending the pygmies Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Comboni missionary, Fr. Franco Laudani, was arrested and beaten by soldiers of the Congolese army (FARDC). This was denounced on the Congolese Bishops' Conference website. According to report ...