Africa

• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros: I will go to Rome to meet Pope Francis Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Tawadros II, has expressed his desire to go to Rome to meet Pope Francis. According to Egyptian media sources - such as the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm - th ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The people of Bangassou are terrorized by armed bandits" denounces the local Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I would love to be with my people in this difficult moment but I am stuck in Bangui" says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, from the capital of the Central Afr ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA - Africa among the continents most affected by the scourge of landmines Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Out of 110 million mines scattered around the world, 44 million are in Africa according to the latest statistics. These weapons still pose a threat to the lives of present and future generations, ...
• 3 April 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Jesuits’ initiative against weapons that fuel the crisis in the Great Lakes Region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – To raise the awareness of the international public opinion on the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and to monitor the flow of weapons that fuel the war in the region. The ...
• 3 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks on villages; the Archbishop of Jos "Where are the security forces?" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are amazed at how these gangs are able to attack the villages and the security forces do not intervene. Police and soldiers appear on the scene only when the attackers have gone away. The situ ...
• 27 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - To restore order in Bangui is being attempted, but the situation remains uncertain Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Mixed squads of soldiers of the Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC) and the rebel coalition Seleka are patrolling the streets of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, to ...
• 27 March 2013
  AFRICA - Crisis in Central Africa repercussions in Chad and South Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The fall of President François Bozizé has generated some consequences in Chad and South Africa, two Countries with troops involved in the crisis in the Central African Republic. The new "strong ...
• 26 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - "Let us avoid the political crisis to become religious," said the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are again in a difficult moment in which the population is shunted from right to left," said Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, in an interview with Radio France International ...
• 26 March 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Plans to relocate refugees are unrealistic," said Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "IDP’s in Mogadishu live in difficult conditions, under threat of extortion and eviction" denounces the latest report of Caritas Somalia sent to Fides Agency. The report, while acknowledgin ...
• 25 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Seleka conquers the capital Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The rebel coalition Seleka entered Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. The advance of the rebels toward the capital began on March 22 (see Fides 22/03/2013) and ended yesterday, ...
• 25 March 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A secessionist group sows terror in Lubumbashi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Several hundred armed men sowed terror in Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, before laying down their weapons in the local base of MONUSCO (UN Miss ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflicts, floods, migration leading causes of early school drop-out Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing conflict between the two ethnic Oromo and Somali are also severely impacting on the education of children. There are thousands of those living in agricultural regions of Ethiopia ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Continuous attacks on the Church must not cancel the work of many who work generously for evangelization" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The continuous attack on the Catholic Church by some academics and media of the Western world cannot obliterate the good works of the Church in all parts of the world since it was founded by Jesu ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Fighting between the army and rebels restart Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Hostilities between the forces of President François Bozizé and the rebels of the coalition Seleka have restarted. The rebels of Seleka are already 80 km from Bangui, according to what local ...
• 21 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - "I am the first on the rebels’ list of people to be hit" denounces the Bishop of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, sent to Fides Agency the following testimony on the conquest of the Central African city on behalf of a faction of the rebel coalition Selek ...