Africa

• 17 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The key to overcoming poverty: involving African women in the economy Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - During the Second Economic Summit of African Women, which has just ended in Lagos, after two days of work what was highlighted was the fact that the economic support to women is the key to tacklin ...
• 16 July 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta has formally been proclaimed patroness of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe Robe (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, July 14 in Goba, a city in south-central Ethiopia in the area of Bale, in the Region of Oromia, about 446 km south-east of Addis Ababa, Father Angelo Antolini, OFM Cap., Director of ...
• 16 July 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Famine and insecurity at the base of the exodus of refugees from Mali; the project of the Camillian Task Force Dori (Agenzia Fides) - "Hunger and insecurity are the driving force behind this exodus that, if it has not yet taken on biblical proportions, it seems destined to grow" says to Fides brother Luca Perletti, a Camillian, d ...
• 13 July 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - New inauguration of the Cathedral of Lwena, a sign of rebirth and hope Lwena (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio of São Tomé and Principe, His Exc. Mgr. Novatus Rugambwa, presided along with some Angolan Bishops, the celebration of the inauguration of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Lw ...
• 12 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christians and Muslims warn of the danger of sectarian war Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, says a report prepared by a joint Christian-Muslim delegation that recently visited Niger ...
• 12 July 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "No to the cultural leveling, yes to the rediscovery of the richness of African culture," said Cardinal Sarr Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The time has come in Africa to say no to cultural leveling, a consequence of globalization," said Cardinal Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal) and First Vice President of the Symposium o ...
• 11 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 220,000 internally displaced since the beginning of the mutiny of the soldiers in the east Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 220,000 people are displaced in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since a group of military deserters from the Congolese national army (FARDC) has formed a new band of guerrill ...
• 11 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The military accomplices in the assault at the cemetery in Plateau State? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - New details emerge on the massacre committed on Sunday, July 8 in the cemetery of Matsi (town of Barkin Ladi, in the Plateau State of Nigeria, (see Fides 10/7/2012) during the funeral of the victi ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The integrity of national territory is not negotiable," say the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the balkanization of Congo. No to the division of the Country," say the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a message made public at the end of their Plenary Assembly held in ...
• 10 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram claims the massacre at the funeral of the victims of Barkin Ladi Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist group Boko Haram claimed the killing of Sunday, July 8th in Jos, capital of central-eastern Nigerian state of Plateau, during the funerals of some of the 63 victims of the massacre of ...
• 9 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The problem is the clash between Fulani and Birom" says the Archbishop of Jos after recent massacres Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The massacre is brought about by the confrontation between farmers and herders. It is an old problem that has not been solved yet" says to Fides His. Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop o ...
• 9 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - The first multi-storey school to accommodate 1500 children in the Dadaab refugee camp has been built Dadaab (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of the first multi-storey school in the refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya has just been finished. Over 1500 children in the camp of Dagahaley will have the opportunity to study. It w ...
• 9 July 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Sudan and South Sudan must live in peace" message of the Catholic and Anglican Bishops a year after independence in southern Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The relations between the governments of Sudan and Southern Sudan have deteriorated to an unacceptable level. We reject war as an option to resolve disputes, and we call on all parties to respect ...
• 9 July 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Catholic Bishops and Presbyterians list the places of worship attacked in Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In their joint message to mark the first anniversary of the independence of South Sudan, His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, Catholic Archbishop of Juba, and Mgr. Daniel Deng Bul, Episcopal Arch ...
• 7 July 2012
  AFRICA - The damage of the "Maputo Protocol" on women and African societies Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Six million abortions in 2011; wide spread of practices such as sterilization of women; systematic use of contraception and birth control methods, which promote a program of radical transformatio ...