Africa

• 25 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A month after the conquest of Bangui rebels continue to vex the population Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the conquest, on March 24, of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, by the rebels of the coalition Seleka, the situation is far from stabilized. While in Bangui mo ...
• 24 April 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Mgr. Martinelli is concerned about yesterday’s attack and saddened by the deaths of two nuns Tripoli (Agenzia Fides). "It was a terrible thing, the blast was felt in a radius of more than three kilometers. We are all on alert, even if the authorities are busy to restore security," says to Fides Agency His Exc. M ...
• 24 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Amnesty for Boko Haram, doubts of some bishops who criticize MEND, too Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches in Northern Nigeria, amd my diocese in particular, have been recording depletion in the number of faithful attending church services owing to Boko haram insurgencies," said His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA - Reception centers for 4,000 street children in the Sahel Segou (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, in order to survive, thousands of children are forced to beg on the streets. To cope with this latest emergency affecting the African continent, and to try to help vulnerable children, ...
• 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 ...