Africa

• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Human trafficking causes thousands of street children Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - One of the main reasons why many young people live on the streets in Sierra Leone is trafficking. After being mistreated, abused, many have no choice but to flee. Thousands find themselves livi ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Young Catholics from Senegal for peace in Casamance Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - La Jeunesse Etudiante Catholique (JEC) of Senegal is committed to peace in the Casamance region of Senegal wedged between Gambia and Guinea Bissau, for decades in the throes of a "low-intensity" s ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - The Concordat signed by Cape Verde and the Holy See arouses the interest of the Bishops of Angola Praia (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, yesterday 10 June, signed the Concordat between the Holy See and Cape Verde, in Praia. The agreement was signed on beh ...
• 10 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - The first Bishop from Niger in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mauro Armanino, SMA Missionary sent to Fides Agency the following testimony on the taking-possession of Msg. Djalwana Laurent Lompo, Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey held yesterday, Sunday June 9. ...
• 8 June 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudanese air force raid on the Nuba Mountains on the second anniversary of the war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Two MIG fighters of the aviation of Khartoum dropped four bombs on the village of Kauda, in the Nuba Mountains. This was reported by the Sudan Catholic Radio Network, according to which the ra ...
• 8 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Don Apollinaire Malumalu elected President of the Independent National Electoral Commission Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On June 7th Don Apollinaire Malumalu was elected President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), by the National Assembly, the legislative chamber of the Congolese Democrati ...
• 7 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Two Presbyterian pastors illegally detained since May 19 Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Two pastors of the Presbyterian Church have been held since 19 May by the authorities of South Sudan, that prevent any contact with the detainees’ relatives and their lawyers. This was revealed ...
• 7 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The UN denounces new violence against civilians in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Extrajudicial executions as well as other serious human rights violations were committed in and around the town of Pinga in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). This was revealed ...
• 6 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam involves Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (and even Israel?) Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam which is currently under construction on the Blue Nile is creating tension between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. According to a report published by a tri ...
• 6 June 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - More than 52,000 Congolese expelled from Angola in 3 weeks; an NGO reports cases of sexual violence Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - 52.231 people have crossed the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last three weeks, expelled by force by the authorities in Luanda. This was reported by the NGO ...
• 5 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Protect Somali nationals in South Africa", The Prime Minister of Somalia’s appeal to President Zuma Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "I appeal to the government of the Republic of South Africa as a matter of urgency to intervene and contain this unnecessary and unfortunate violence against Somali business communities to ...
• 5 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The important thing is to be close to the poor," says the Bishop of the devastated Diocese of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am walking as usual. We have no other means because all the vehicles available to the diocese and the missionaries were stolen," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Munos, Bi ...
• 4 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - The assault on the prison of Niamey reveals the links between Boko Haram and groups of Mali Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The assault on the prison of Niamey (see Fides 03/06/2013) was carried out by a commando of the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram sect. This was stated by the Minister of Justice of Niger who noted th ...
• 4 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The opposition warns the ruling party: "dissolve the militia or we will be forced to defend ourselves" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Nevers Mumba, President of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), the main opposition party in Zambia, has demanded the ruling party, the Patriotic Front (PF), to dissolve the youth militia ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - About a dozen people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Ten people have died in the assault in the prison in Niamey on Saturday, June 1, during which about twenty prisoners escaped, including some dangerous jihadists. This was stated to Fides Agency b ...