Africa

• 20 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The Shabaab are bringing their war in Kenya": the Bishop of Garissa's concern Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Garissa is completely blocked, while fighting continues. The entire population is locked in the house and cannot go out and buy the necessary goods, no one can enter or leave the city," says to ...
• 20 November 2012
  AFRICA - Girls "witches", water carriers, abandoned babies: to give dignity to children Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - Among the initiatives of the World Day for the Rights of the Child and Adolescents, the Movement Fight World Hunger (MLFM) invites us to reflect on the violated rights of children and adolescents ...
• 19 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - After the attack more clashes in "Little Mogadishu" in Nairobi: disturbing signals on the eve of the elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - New inter-community clashes broke out in Nairobi, in the Eastleigh neighborhood, after the attack on Sunday, November 18 that caused seven deaths and several injuries. A bomb exploded on a bus t ...
• 19 November 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Almost all the NGOs and the French Consul have left Goma, uncertain situation in the capital of North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Almost all NGOs have left Goma and are in Gisenyi, the city of Rwanda on the border with the Congolese capital of North Kivu. Even the French Consul in Goma has left the city and is in a hotel ...
• 19 November 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A new psychomotor rehabilitation center for disabled children has been inaugurated Zimpeto (Agenzia Fides) - Mozambique is a young democracy which after 30 years of civil war, is trying to emerge from the economic and social poverty. Italy is very close to these people with various forms of cooperation ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera, ebola and marburg are claiming victims in the African country Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The recent outbreak of cholera identified, threatens to spread throughout the country. After the death of three people belonging to the same family (see Fides 15/11/2012), in the district of Luw ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The appointment to Cardinal of Mgr. Onaiyekan: a sign of recognition of the growth of the Nigerian Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The appointment of the Archbishop of Abuja, Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, to Cardinal, has aroused the pride of the whole of Nigeria," says to Fides Agency Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of S ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The forgotten conflict in Masisi: The complaint of the Jesuit Refugee Service Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past six months the forces of MONUSCO (United Nations Mission in Congo) have supported the Congolese army against the March 23 Movement (M23) in the district of Rutshuru in North Kivu ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Representatives of Christian Churches announce the withdrawal from the Constituent Assembly. Bishop Zaki: Egyptian identity is at risk Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Christian Churches in Egypt have announced their withdrawal from the Constituent Assembly charged with drafting the new constitution of the great North African Country. ...
• 15 November 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Alarm within easy reach of the capital for a new outbreak of Ebola Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda a new outbreak of deadly Ebola is ongoing that so far has recorded two deaths, both belonging to the same family, in Luweero district, 62 kilometers away from the capital Kampala. Last ...
• 15 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Two thousand farmers have lost their crops due to flooding and they risk serious diseases Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - Flash floods have washed away the rice harvest of about 2,000 farmers in western Kenya, flooding some of their houses and emptying latrines into watercourses. Officials at the Ministry of Agricul ...
• 15 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: Coptic Orthodox representatives may withdraw from the Constituent Assembly Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II hopes that the new Constitution in the process of being drafted retains without modification Article 2 of the previous text of the Constitution - which rec ...
• 14 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria loses $ 7 billion in lost revenue due to the theft of oil Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria loses about $ 7 billion annually in lost revenue due to theft and loss of oil in the extraction plants and pipelines. According to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), a body ...
• 14 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - After the killing of police officers, the government sends the army Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan government has decided to assign the army to the police in the hunt for the gang responsible for the murder of police officers on November 10, in the village of Baragoi in the north o ...
• 14 November 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Cholera outbreak: lack of health facilities and functional water systems Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The rate of the spread of cholera decreases in Guinea and Sierra Leone, whereas Guinea-Bissau in past days 1,500 cases and 9 deaths have been reported. Simão Mendes National Hospital, in the cap ...