Africa

• 27 August 2012
  AFRICA - The African Catholics worried due to fundamentalist violence, they do not want to respond with violence Iaşi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics of African Countries where the threat of Islamic fundamentalism is stronger, live this phenomenon with apprehension, but do not intend to surrender to violence. This is what is reported ...
• 21 August 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A difficult phase for the succession of Premier Zenawi begins Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "After the death of the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abuna Paulos (on 16August), the death of the Premier is a new shock to the Country," say local sources to Fides from Addis ...
• 21 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Decisive moment to rebuild the Somali State," says the Bishop of Djibouti Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "In these 21 years (since the fall of Siad Barre, ed.) it seems that this is the best time for the rebirth of the Somali State. Certainly we are facing a critical phase in the history of Somal ...
• 20 August 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The bishops contrary to defining Zambia in the constitutional preamble as a "Christian nation" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)-The Bishops of Zambia hope that the current process of constitutional revision is successful after the previous three unsuccessful attempts to write a new Constitution. In a document sent to the t ...
• 13 August 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA- Christian Association in Nigeria of 19 states ask for the resignation of the President Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Armed men attacked the All Saints Catholic Church, in the State of Gombe, in Nigeria on Sunday, August 12, killing one policeman on duty who was protecting the place of worship. According to tes ...
• 13 August 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Government reshuffle: President Mursi consolidates his power Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On August 12 Egypt's president Mohamed Mursi ordered a reshuffle of the government, which led to the retirement of the Minister of Defense, Marshal Hussein Tantawi, hitherto considered the "stro ...
• 11 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 16,000 returnees at risk for lack of funds on behalf of humanitarian organizations Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 16,000 southern Sudanese returnees stuck in the Upper Nile State are at risk after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced its intention to suspend operations for ...
• 11 August 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Uncertain situation in Bamako while in the north the population suffers the oppression of Islamists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The political crisis continues in Mali with the return of President ad interim Dioncounda Traore. As Don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference in Mali reports to Fides, th ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Transfer of power from the CNT to the National Assembly which elects its President Mohamed al-Magariaf Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - Mohamed al-Magariaf was elected President of the National Assembly, the body that on August 8 represents the legitimate power in Libya. The National Transitional Council (CNT), the body which ha ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Green light to the transfer of the Seminary of Theology from Khartoum to Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has given the green light to the transfer of the Seminary of Theology of St. Paul from Khartoum to Juba after consultations with the Bishops of Sudan and Southern Sudan. The announceme ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Addis Ababa and Nairobi work together to avoid new tribal clashes along the common border Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed to work together to reduce tribal clashes along the common borders. A delegation from Kenya originally from the Turkana region went to Ethiopia this week for ...
• 9 August 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - 130 priests call for the revocation of Fr.Viateur’s deportation Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The government is taking into serious consideration the withdrawal of Fr. Viateur Banyangandora’s deportation, the priest of Rwandese origin expelled by the authorities of Zambia at the end of ...
• 9 August 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 16 Coptic families return home after the recent clashes in Dahshur Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the cooperation between the security forces and the elders of the village of Dahshur (in Giza in Egypt), 16 Coptic families have returned to their homes, they were forced to leave the vi ...
• 9 August 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Over 800 child beggars receive an education thanks to the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 813 children who have been educated in schools run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul near a small cemetery in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. According to ...
• 8 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The UN condemns the recruitment of child soldiers in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-The United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) has condemned the forced recruitment of civilians, among whom there are several children, on behalf of guerrilla groups (especially the M23) operatin ...