Africa

• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Stop to arms also those built illegally": Msg. Kaigama’s appeal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a tragedy that continues. Unfortunately, it is no surprise that there are clashes in the area and that a large number of people have lost their lives. What should surprise us is that this s ...
• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Even a nurse of the Diocese of Torit among the victims of clashes between military and civilians Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Calm is back again in the village of Lorema in Budi County (Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan) where last week 5 people were killed in clashes between the army and the local population. Acco ...
• 19 April 2013
  AFRICA – Hunger emergency for a half million children in the Sahel region Gao (Agenzia Fides) - In just 8 years three serious famines have been recorded in the Sahel region and the population has not had time to recover. According to the international NGO Action Contre la Faim (ACF), approxima ...
• 19 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Central African Countries promise another 2000 men to ensure safety Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Other two thousand men will be sent by the Economic Community of Central African Countries (ECCAS) to strengthen the contingent already present in the Central African Republic (FOMAC). This was ...
• 18 April 2013
  AFRICA/TOGO - New reception home for the "portefaix" market in Hanoukope Lome (Agenzia Fides) - Trafficking and exploitation of girls and young women in Togo is particularly widespread, called portefaix. To help these poor victims the Spanish Catholic NGO Manos Unidas, through the Carmelite S ...
• 18 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "More than a thousand people have sought refuge in the hospital" says the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "There are more than a thousand people who have take refuge in the hospital in Bangui, fleeing the fighting and looting in several districts of the capital," says to Fides Agency Mgr. Dieudonné ...
• 18 April 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - National dialogue mediated by the Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches begins Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Today, April 18, at the headquarters of the Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches (FFKM) of Antananarivo talks of national reconciliation begin, to try to get Madagascar out of the insti ...
• 17 April 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The phenomenon of the 'talibé' continues to worsen: 20,000 every day in Dakar alone Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of children are forced to beg on the streets of Dakar just to have a hope of survival. These are known as 'talibé', boys and girls who live on the streets of Senegal and in other parts ...
• 17 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Amnesty can be granted to Boko Haram only if they repent and reimburse the victims" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To continue on the path of simple repression alone does not solve the problem of Boko Haram. On the contrary it worsens things. So we have to at least consider the possibility of another way of d ...
• 17 April 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congo Caritas in charge of distributing the funds of the national collection for the east Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - It will be Caritas Congo to distribute the funds raised by the campaign of national solidarity for the population in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, launched on April 13 by the government ...
• 16 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The already poor population is stripped of everything," denounces the Bishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Bangui is a dead city. There are very few people on the streets " says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga Archbishop of Bangui who yesterday, made a tour in the two districts o ...
• 15 April 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Symbolic targets have been hit," said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Symbolic places were hit," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, where yesterday, Sunday, April 14, at least 34 civil ...
• 15 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Chaotic situation, who can must escape" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "There are soldiers and armed men everywhere and several civilians are trying to escape elsewhere," says to Fides Agency Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga Archbishop of Bangui, capital of the Central A ...
• 15 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Government representatives contested by the Copts during a meeting of "reconciliation" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A traditional meeting of "reconciliation" convened by the regime in past days caused the death of at least 8 people – registered a lively protest to government representatives by the faithful C ...
• 13 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA- Still chaos but the new authorities carry out some steps to stabilize the situation Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African Republic is still living in instability and insecurity after the flight of President Bozizé following the entry of the rebels of the coalition Seleka in the capital Bangui, o ...