Africa
11 January 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Caritas Somalia: four million Somalis in critical condition, 250,000 at risk of hunger
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - According to FSNAU (Food Security Analysis Unit, an organization sponsored by the European Commission and by USAID), four million people are in conditions of food insecurity in Somalia, of the ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abolition of the subsidy on petrol, "a decision that affects the poor", say the Bishops, denouncing the "insensitive timing" in the face of attacks
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan (southern Nigeria) say they "saddened" for the "unpopular decision" to abolish subsidies on petrol, which has experienced a dramatic and sudden ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Birth and development of the African Church, which celebrates 50 years: the diocese of Makeni
Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 1950 a group of four Xaverian missionary pioneers landed in the port of Freetown, at the headquarters of the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone. A few days later, the new ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The current situation in Nigeria is more dangerous than during the civil war, because it involves the religious dimension", said Bishop Kaigama
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Biafra war had ethnic and political roots, the Boko Haram attacks imply ethnic, social, political, religious and even criminal dimensions. For this reason, the current situation is more dang ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/HAITI - A sad anniversary for Haiti
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti and about 520,000 have been infected by the disease: this is what was reported by the Associate Director of the Pan-American Health Or ...
7 January 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christians fleeing the violence of the "Boko Haram" sect, which has "changed strategy"
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Christians of indigenous tribes in the state of Yobe are terrified and are preparing to abandon their ancestral territories, due to the threats and violence of the Islamic militia gro ...
4 January 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Cholera continues to claim victims among children and 750 000 people risk starvation
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - After 20 years of war, Somalia is currently experiencing a very serious famine and so far 55 children have died of cholera and severe malnutrition. In the southern region of Bay, about 250 kil ...
4 January 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's case, "a bridge between Christians and Muslims", recalling Salman Taseer
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi’s case, an innocent victim of the abuse of the blasphemy law, must be "a bridge, not a wall, between Muslims and Christians", which can form an alliance "together to save a human life ...
2 January 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA -Famine emergency is still far from resolved
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Somali Prime Minister denies that the population of Mogadishu is dying of hunger, contradicting the United Nations and the sad landscape of increasingly crowded fields of malnourished peop ...
2 January 2012
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola invests in Portugal, despite concerns about the provenance of the funds
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola runs to the rescue of the ancient colonizer, Portugal, with ample liquidity on its domestic market. In 2012 the Portuguese economy is projected to record a contraction of 2.8% while the gr ...
30 December 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 200 victims on Christmas day bomb blast; the day of prayer and fasting on December 31st
Jos (Agenzia Fides) - There are 200 victims, among people who died or are missing, due to the attacks directed at some Christian churches at Christmas in Nigeria. This is what said is read in a statement sent to Agenzia ...
29 December 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The deep roots of the Boko Haram sect
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Boko Haram sect, author of numerous attacks that have recently caused deaths and injuries in Nigeria, has its origins in the colonial and post-colonial history of the North African nation.
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28 December 2011
AFRICA/MALAWI - A Christmas in poverty, the only hope for the population is the lottery
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The corn just sprouted up waited the dew of the night in vain to survive a few more days. Then everything dried up. Some more robust seedlings of cotton survive here and there, the rest has be ...
28 December 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Terrorism threatens us all, Muslims and Christians, but together we can overcome it" says to Fides the Archbishop of Abuja
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that these people have not died in vain, the Nigerians are realizing that terrorism threatens us all, Christians and Muslims," says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbi ...
23 December 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "I will spend Christmas with the boys and girls in the neighborhood of garbage collectors", says Fr Verdoscia
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am in the store, with my staff, to choose the clothes to be distributed to children on Christmas Day" says to Fides Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who has been working for years in ...
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