Africa

• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/DRC - Two hundred thousand children at risk in armed conflicts in Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the two Congolese provinces of Kivu there are more than 1 million 600 thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs). The recent arrival of the rebels of the M23 in the eastern city of Goma ha ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Illegal immigration in Somaliland increases Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Many young people of the Republic of Somaliland continue to emigrate illegally, mainly because of lack of work. They pass through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya towards Europe. According to the Mini ...
• 4 December 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Somali immigrants accuse the security forces of abuse Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A number of Somalis took to the streets of Juba, capital of South Sudan, after the killing of their country man. A witness told Bakhita Radio said the deceased was an entrepreneur who was killed ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - New food crisis in Malawi, denounces a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of Malawi, the district of Balaka is among the most affected, so many people are starving," writes to Fides Agency Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for over 30 ye ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - An investigation into alleged violence of the soldiers in the south has been announced Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Madagascar has announced the opening of an investigation to see if the soldiers involved in the "Tandroka" operation committed violence against civilians. "Authorities den ...
• 30 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "More than persecution against Christians one should speak about the weakening of the rule of law," said the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of a political will to end to impunity and enthrone the rule of law, a corrupt judiciary system and balkanization by Europe and the United States have been identified as some of the cause ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Civilians of the Nuba Mountains victims of a forgotten war, only the Church is a beacon of hope," the complaint of Mgr. Gassis Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The bombings are carried out on daily basis and what saddens me most is that even the universal Church seems to have forgotten us, the people of the Nuba Mountains. At least remember us in the ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - From the warm Africa radiators for the poor who live in the cold of Norway Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Africa does not want Norway to suffer from cold and with this objective launches an unprecedented internet campaign. Africa for Norway is a video that has reached over one million people on YouTub ...
• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - The African Church will set up "Faith, Culture and Development" Organ Dar-Es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Africa has decided to set up an organ that will deal with "Faith, Culture and Development." The participants agreed to a workshop meeting that was held on November 2 ...
• 28 November 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Precarious situation in Masisi for the presence of various rebel groups, while the arrival of the M23 is feared Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The inhabitants of Masisi are living in fear of the imminent arrival of the rebel group M23 and the effects of violent attacks on behalf of several other groups in the area," said a statement ...
• 27 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 announces its withdrawal from Goma, but the humanitarian situation remains serious Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The rebels of the M23 announced that they agree to leave Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) they conquered last week. The rebels seem to have succumbed to intern ...
• 27 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tense atmosphere, the meeting between Patriarch Tawadros II and leaders of the Egyptian Catholic Churches has also been postponed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting announced by the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II with a qualified Egyptian delegation of the Catholic Churches - which would have also provided the opportunity to agree on a ...
• 27 November 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Strong divisions among political parties in Bamako; contested the deal with the MNLA and Ansar al-Dine Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Strong political divisions in Bamako while the north of Mali remains under the control of Islamist groups. As reported to Fides Agency by Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Elections: many promises, but no candidate has said where he will get the resources to implement them Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "With these elections, conducted in a peaceful and exemplary manner, the people of Sierra Leone confirms the outgoing President. The announcement of the results was not too peaceful and there h ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is disturbing to see who defends us suffer such attacks," says the Archbishop of Jos Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "What is really disturbing is that in carrying out these attacks, members of Boko Haram seem to be sure of success. This is shocking because it is supposed that the police and the military are in ch ...