Africa

• 13 October 2012
  AFRICA/CHAD - Expulsion of the Bishop of Doba: "there seems to be an opening attitude towards dialogue on behalf of the government" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an openness to dialogue on behalf of the government to resolve Mgr. Russo’s situation in a positive way" sources of the local church in N'Djamena, capital of Chad, say to Fides whe ...
• 12 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Women and children are the main victims of violence in the north of the country Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The plight of women victims of sexual violence continues to worsen in northern Mali. They have no human rights, cannot work, study nor have access to basic social structures. Since last January, ...
• 12 October 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - More than 160 graves desecrated in two Catholic cemeteries, bronze crosses stolen Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - More than 160 graves were desecrated in two Catholic cemeteries in Dakar. "Crucifixes and other stone objects were taken away from their graves in the Christian cemeteries of Saint Lazarus of Bet ...
• 12 October 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Violence on the rise: trade unions are losing control of the protest" said the Bishop of Rustenburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence is growing and I do not know what will happen. The unions are losing control of the miners in protest. The miners are abandoning unions and want to choose their own representative ...
• 11 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Not only the M23, even other groups commit violence against civilians in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continues. According to the local media, three days ago the men from the rebel leader Manu attacked the village of Bilulu, aft ...
• 11 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The "catalyzing" Council for the growth of the Church in Africa, according to the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Second Vatican Council, which opened exactly 50 years ago, on 11 October 1962, was a "catalyst" for the growth of the Church in Africa. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, B ...
• 11 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 120 000 homeless, houses, hospitals, schools, churches and buildings destroyed or damaged by the worst flooding in 40 years Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - There are a million and 300,000 Nigerians displaced and 431 have died as a result of what local authorities have called the worst flooding in over 40 years, with 30 of the 36 states affected since ...
• 10 October 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Malnutrition continues to increase, the country risks another famine crisis Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the low rainfall falls below the seasonal average in Somalia, damaging the so-called 'crop Gu' and the dramatic increase of food price, the level of malnutrition in the country has ...
• 10 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Negotiation or war? The debate rages on how to resolve the crisis in the north Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "In Mali there is a heated debate among the supporters of dialogue and those who are pushing for a military solution to the crisis in the north," is what Father Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the E ...
• 9 October 2012
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Education for women, to allow the whole society to grow: the commitment of the JRS Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Educating women means to advance the whole society of Burundi, one of the poorest Countries in Africa. This is why the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is investing in educational projects aimed ...
• 9 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Civilians killed in the clash between the military and Boko Haram: confirmation on behalf of the Bishop of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There are also a number of civilians who were killed in a shooting between members of Boko Haram and the Nigerian military that took place yesterday, October 8, in Maiduguri, in the northeastern S ...
• 8 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Operation against Boko Haram, but attacks continue Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Weekend marked by violence in various parts of Nigeria. At least 17 people were killed in the village of Doko Kuka, in the State of Yobo. According to reports from the website of the newspaper "Ni ...
• 8 October 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - A conference on St. Massimiliano M. Kolbe, a precursor of the new evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) – From 8 to 10 October, the Franciscans of the Immaculate have organized, at the International College of the Holy Land in Rome, a Conference of studies on St. Massimiliano M. Kolbe on the occasion ...
• 8 October 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Still tensions for the miners made redundant, trade unionists targeted by mysterious killer Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains very tense and one does not know what developments there will be in the coming hours" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowling, Bishop of Rustenburg (South Af ...
• 5 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Who caused the failure of the summit on Kivu? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is unthinkable that one person, representative of an increasingly despotic and dictatorial regime, is able to derail an international meeting for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo," ...